Jonathan Randazzo

In January 2023, Jonathan Randazzo was appointed Principal Trombone of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, beginning his tenure with the orchestra at the start of the 2023/24 season.

Prior to joining the SLSO, Randazzo served as Assistant Principal Trombone of the North Carolina Symphony for eleven seasons, a position he won while completing his Bachelor of Music degree at the New England Conservatory. During the 2017/18 season, he also served as Acting Principal Trombone with the orchestra.

From 2017 to 2023, Randazzo was a member of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. After serving as Second Trombone during his first three seasons, he was appointed Acting Principal Trombone from 2021 through 2023. While spending his summers in Santa Fe, he was also a frequent performer with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, collaborating with many of the world’s leading conductors, soloists, and orchestral musicians. Since 2024, he has also appeared regularly with the Grand Teton Music Festival.

In addition to his orchestral career, Randazzo has established himself as a versatile soloist, with concerto and featured performances alongside the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, the Triangle Brass Band, and other ensembles.

A passionate educator, Randazzo served as Adjunct Professor of Trombone at North Carolina State University from 2015 to 2022 and maintains an active private teaching studio. He has appeared as a guest artist and clinician at the New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and numerous other institutions.

Randazzo is also a founding member of the Southwest Trombone Conference, an educational workshop dedicated to collegiate trombonists, and performs extensively with the STL Trombones, a professional trombone quartet committed to presenting chamber music of all styles throughout the community and abroad.

His principal teachers and mentors include Norman Bolter, former Second Trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; James Markey of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Joseph Alessi of the New York Philharmonic; and Willard Sprague, his longtime teacher on Long Island. While in high school, Randazzo attended the Juilliard School Pre-College Division.

Jonathan resides in St. Louis with his wife, Kate, their son, Corrado, and Minnie, their fun-loving pit bull.