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Gordon Cherry’s long and active career has included Principal Trombone positions with the Vancouver Symphony, C.B.C. Vancouver Radio Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and performance as a soloist and as a chamber musicians with the many and varied ensembles in Vancouver. He has also performed for many movies and TV specials as a recording artist. As a young musician, Gordon was twice a finalist in the C.B.C. Talent Festival, and attended the Eastman School of Music supported by Canada Council scholarships. He carried those standards of excellence into his teaching on the Faculty at the UBC School of Music (1975 to 2007), graduating many students who have prominent positions in Orchestras and Educational Institutions around North America. During the summers Gordon has taught at the Banff Festival, Courtenay Music Centre, Saskatchewan Summer School, the Waterloo Festival Orchestra, and the S.O.A.P. Festival in Powell River. Gordon and his wife Joyce, a pianist, frequently perform live music in and around Vancouver. He also performs with his brass player colleagues. In recent years, Gordon has become a publisher of music for brass, creating a resource for his fellow brass musicians and educators.