Award-winning Trombonist Dylan Martin has performed extensively on 3 continents, winning the coveted Drum Corps International Performers' Showcase in 2014 as a member of the Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corps. Dylan received his Music and Education Bachelor’s degrees at the University of Calgary, and is currently completing his Master of Music degree at the University of Calgary.
Dylan is the lead trombonist of the Calgary Jazz Orchestra and principal trombone of the Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra. He has performed locally with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Alberta Winds, the Calgary Civic Symphony, Prime Time Big Band, and Altius Brass. Dylan has performed as a concerto soloist with the UCalgary String Quartet, Alberta Winds, Rocky Mountain Symphony, UCalgary Wind Ensemble and the UCalgary Orchestra.
“Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.”
Dylan is a passionate educator and advocate for the performing arts. While at his time with the Calgary Stetson Show Band, the band saw several world championships of parade bands in Calgary, the United States, Brazil and Taiwan, Most Outstanding Community Band at the Alberta International Band Festival in 2016, and in 2015, and his brass students were featured in the Stars of the Festival concert for the Calgary Performing Arts Festival.
Over the last few years, Dylan has received several recognitions, including:
2026 Faculty of Arts Leadership/Mentorship Award in Justice, Equity and Transformation.
2026 University of Calgary Graduate Student Association, Graduate Student Experience Initiative Award
2025 YYC Music Award for Classical Recording of the Year (as Producer and Engineer)
2025 Graduate Representative Council Initiative Award
Dylan is available for cliics and masterclasses, as well as solo and ensemble work.