Preston Trombly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Preston Trombly

American musician

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1945

Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Profession: composer, radio personality

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Preston Andrew Trombly (born December 30, 1945, in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American composer, visual artist, and broadcast personality.
He is a program host on Sirius XM's Symphony Hall classical music channel. Trombly earned his Bachelor of Music from the University of Connecticut in 1969.
He received a Master of Musical Arts degree from the Yale School of Music in 1972.
He has been a Fellow in Composition and Conducting at the Tanglewood Music Center (1970), a Guggenheim Fellow (1974–1975), and a resident fellow at the MacDowell Colony.
Trombly's visual art has been shown in multiple exhibitions, principally in the New York area.In the early 1980s Trombly was active as a saxophonist and jazz clarinetist.
He played with the Jaki Byard group, and also as a soloist.
He has taught at Vassar College, CUNY and the Catholic University of America.Trombly was a classical music program host at WNCN-FM from 1991 to 1995, and at WQXR-FM from 1991 to 2000.
He was also a newscaster and staff announcer at WOR-AM from 1991 to 2008.
He joined Sirius Satellite Radio in 2000.In 1997 Trombly married Margaret Mary Kelly, then the director of the Forbes Magazine Collection.