Dettelback has also performed with groups such as the Buffalo Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic/Oratorio Society, Skaneateles Festival, West Point Band, Princeton Symphony and American Institute of Musical Study in Graz, Austria. Dettelback also served as principal trombone of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra in Ithaca, New York, from 2018-24.

Dettelback appeared as a soloist with the Syracuse Orchestra under Maestro Lawrence Loh, performing the final movement of L. Grondahl’s “Trombone Concerto” during the 2022-23 season. He was also named a finalist in the 2018 International Trombone Associations Alto Trombone Competition. Dettelback can be heard alongside Bradley Kerns, David Seder and Clint Woltering on the 2024 trombone quartet album titled “Goldberg Variations, BMW 988” as well as the 2020 Naxos American Classics recording “Bernstein Songfest” with the National Orchestral Institute and James Judd.

In addition to his teaching duties at Setnor, Dettelback is the founder and director of the Setnor Slides Trombone Ensemble and has presented masterclasses at Ithaca College, Binghamton University and Colgate University. Dettelback also served on the orchestral faculty of the 2023 Varna International Music Academy.

Dettelback received a Bachelor of Music and performer’s certificate from the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music followed by a Master of Music from Yale University, where he studied with Larry Zalkind and Scott Hartman respectively. Dettelback is currently working towards a Doctor of Musical Arts at Eastman.

When not playing trombone, Dettelback can probably be found hanging out with his cat, Kimchi.

Education

• D.M.A. (In Progress), B.M., Performer’s Certificate, University of Rochester
• M.M., Yale University