Carrie Bates

Adjunct Professor of Trombone

Performance/Recording Highlights

Carrie Bates, trombone, is a Michigan native who moved to the Charleston area in 2009. She holds degrees in trombone performance from Western Michigan University and Michigan State University, where she received a B.F.A. and M.F.A. under the direction of Dr. Steve Wolfinbarger and Ava Ordman, respectively. 

Throughout her years as a trombonist, Carrie has performed as a soloist/clinician, chamber musician and in countless large ensembles across Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Ontario, Canada; mostly notably the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Saginaw Bay Symphony, West Shore Symphony, Detroit Chamber Winds Society, Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic, and the Lambton and Manitou Music Festivals. 

Now living in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Carrie teaches at the College of Charleston, as well as privately to area low brass students. She performs throughout the Lowcountry with Charleston Stage, Holy City Brass, Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, Summerville Symphony, Charleston Wind Symphony, North Charleston POPS, Charleston Opera Theatre, Holy City Lyric Opera, Chamber Music Charleston, Charlestowne Brass and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra.

Education

• M.F.A. Michigan State University
• B.F.A. Western Michigan University

Courses Taught

• MUSP 208 - Applied Music: Trombone