My name is Tyler.
I am a musician currently based in Cincinnati, Ohio who plays and teaches the trombone.
Biography
Tyler Bentley is a trombone player and educator based in the Cincinnati, Ohio region. He is currently principal trombone of the Lima Symphony Orchestra and acting principal trombone of the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. Mr Bentley was acting principal trombone of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra from 2024 to 2026, and he makes regular appearances with other ensembles in the region including the Cincinnati Symphony, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Lexington Philharmonic, Richmond Indiana Symphony, Columbus Indiana Symphony, and others.
Mr Bentley studied with Professor Timothy Anderson at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music where he earned a Bachelor of Music, cum laude in trombone performance, and Dr William Stanley at the University of Colorado, Boulder College of Music where he earned a Master of Music in trombone performance. He has also studied privately and in masterclass settings with teachers including the New York Philharmonic’s Joseph Alessi, Cincinnati Symphony’s Cristian Ganicenco and Joseph Rodriguez, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra’s Per Brevig.
One of his earliest memories as a child is hearing what he would later discover were members of the brass family—and more specifically the trombones—bringing home the climax of the “Pas de deux” from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, a memory that he believes goes all the way back to the days of his mother playing classical music selections for him in the crib within his childhood home in Anderson, Indiana. This early exposure to music would set the foundation for a lifetime obsession with the range of timbral and musical expression possible on the trombone, and for those familiar with the Pas de deux, was also an unwitting masterclass on the descending G Major scale.
When Tyler doesn’t have a trombone in his hands, you might find him exploring electronic soundworlds on his semi-modular analog synthesizer, building technical contraptions on his Minecraft Server, or perhaps even scooping a litter box.