Jonathan McNeer *
Jonathan McNeer is serving as Acting 2nd Trombone with the Louisiana Philharmonic for the 2024-2025 season. He has also performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Mississippi Gulf Coast Symphony, and Meridian (MS) Symphony Orchestra.
Jonathan earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Master’s degree from Northwestern University. His primary teachers have included Michael Mulcahy, Timothy Higgins, Douglas Wright, Christopher Davis, Randall Hawes, and Dr. Ben McIlwain. He also attended Music Academy of the West in the summer of 2021 and is co-winner of the 2020 International Trombone Association’s Lewis Van Haney orchestral excerpt competition.