He studied trombone and singing at the Royal College of Music 1965-68.

Throughout his education, Hanson studied piano, cello and trombone.

Patterson studied trombone and composition at the Royal Academy of Music.

After studying piano and trombone, he taught himself how to arrange and compose in his teens.

His first instrument was the piano, although he later studied trombone, baritone, flute, and recorder.

At age nine, he chose to begin studying trombone while attending Fifth Street Elementary because his brother already had one.

At the age of eleven, Clapp began studying trombone in Idaho public schools.

Burris studied trombone, which he played with the Marching Chiefs.

Roelofs studied trombone and violin at the conservatorium in Amsterdam.

He also studied the clarinet, trombone and harmonica.