Micah Everett is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, where he teaches applied trombone, euphonium, and tuba, directs the ULM Trombone Ensemble and ULM Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble, and teaches courses in brass pedagogy and aural skills. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Delta State University. His primary teachers include Randy Kohlenberg, Dennis AsKew, and Edward R. Bahr. Before joining the ULM faculty in 2005, Everett held teaching positions at the University of Northern Iowa, Elon University, and UNCG.

An active recitalist, orchestral, and chamber musician on alto, tenor, and bass trombones, and euphonium, Everett is Principal Trombonist in the Monroe Symphony Orchestra and trombonist in the Chamber Arts Brass. He was previously Principal Trombonist in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra and trombonist in the Northern Brass Trio, and has also performed with the Louisiana Lyric Opera, the Shreveport, South Arkansas, Delta, Mississippi, Cedar Rapids, North Carolina, Greensboro, and Fayetteville Symphony Orchestras, the Choral Society of Greensboro, the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, the Bill Shepherd Big Band, the Equinox Jazz Orchestra, the Louisiana Legacy Jazz Orchestra, the Louisiana Big Band, the Twin City Concert Band, the Russ-Town Band, the Waterloo Municipal Band, the Market Street Brass Quintet, and pit orchestras for numerous shows and other programs.

As a soloist Everett won the National Solo Competition (Tenor Division III) at the 2003 Eastern Trombone Workshop, and was a finalist in the Frank Smith Solo Competition at the 2003 International Trombone Festival in Helsinki, Finland, and the 2003 Houston Symphony-Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition. He has appeared as a featured soloist with the Monroe, Raleigh and UNCG Symphony Orchestras, the UNCG Symphonic Band, the UNI Wind Symphony, the Waterloo Municipal Band, the ULM Jazz Ensemble, the ULM Wind Ensemble, the ULM Symphonic Band, and the Twin City Concert Band. He has appeared as soloist, clinician, and/or conductor at the Mid-South Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference, the Big XII Area Universities Trombone Conference, the Louisiana Music Educators' Association Annual Convention, the South Central Regional Music Conference, and the Eastern Trombone Workshop. His arrangements for brass have been published by Cimarron Music Press and TAP Music, and his articles and reviews have appeared in the International Trombone Association Journal.

Everett’s former students include performers in American and European orchestras, military musicians, university professors, and school band directors. Others continue to perform as “weekend warriors” while pursuing non-music professions. His high school students regularly place highly in all-state ensembles and other “honor” groups

Everett is an active member of the International Trombone Association, currently serving as Editor of Audio/Video Reviews for the ITA Journal. He is also a member of the International Tuba-Euphonium Association, the Historic Brass Society, MENC, the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, and the Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Societies. In 2007 he received the Roger DiGiulian Lifetime Musician Award from the Monroe Symphony Orchestra, and in 2010 he was awarded an Enhancement Grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents, receiving over $39,000 to purchase new instruments for the Brass Class and Low Brass Studio at ULM.

In addition to his many and varied professional activities, Everett attends Calhoun Presbyterian Church, and is Secretary of the Ouachita West Camp of The Gideons International. In 2011 he received a Certificate in Systematic Theology from Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.

Micah Everett is a Conn-Selmer trombone artist, performing on C.G. Conn, King, and Benge trombones.

For more information on low brass studies at ULM, please contact Dr. Everett.