Brian French joined the Winston-Salem Symphony as principal trombonist in 2000, and made his Classics Series solo debut in February 2002. Brian has held principal positions in the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and has performed frequently with the North Carolina Symphony. As a doubling musician, he has performed on tenor tuba and bass trumpet with the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, the Roanoke Symphony and Opera, and the North Carolina Opera. Brian is on the music performance faculty of Wake Forest University.