Gabriel Colby is a trombonist, teacher, recording artist, and certified fitness trainer based in Pittsburgh, PA. He serves as principal trombone for Nu Deco Ensemble, a cutting-edge chamber orchestra operating out of Miami, Florida, co-principal trombone for River City Brass Band, and is the trombone professor at Slippery Rock University.
Gabriel has a passion for chamber music and is constantly inspired through work with C Street Brass and Beauty Slap, two self-founded groups that he plays in and manages. C Street Brass performs a wide variety of genres in recital halls, performing arts centers, and more casual venues across the country. Beauty Slap, comprised of horns, keys, and electronics, is a “future-brass-thunder-funk” force of nature that tours nationally.
As a clinician, Gabriel has given workshops and seminars on healthy movement, injury management, and the business of music at: West Virginia University, Third Coast Trombone Retreat, Carnegie Mellon University, Nu Deco NXT and more. Gabriel utilizes his personal experience recovering from injury and studying a variety of movement disciplines to help musicians and non-musicians alike feel more confident, playful, and powerful in their bodies.