Conner Eisenmenger, MM
About
Conner Eisenmenger is a Seattle-based trombonist, composer, educator, and XO Brass/Dennis Wick Artist whose work spans orchestral, jazz, commercial, and new music worlds. He serves as Instructor of Trombone at Western Washington University, where he leads the trombone studio and teaches applied jazz improvisation. Conner performs regularly with the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, and Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra (guest director, November 2025), and has appeared with Beck, Tito Puente Jr., and Louis Prima Jr., as well as for national productions like Nintendo Live and the 8-bit Big Band.
A 2022 recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award, Eisenmenger is an active composer and arranger whose work has been featured by the Pony Boy All-Star Big Band and high school jazz programs throughout the Pacific Northwest. His commissioned work Ellis Pond was recently premiered by Mercer Island High School Jazz 1. His original composition “Harrods Creek” was praised for its “seamless interplay between composed and improvised sections…with an organic ebb and flow between soloists and ensemble.”
Conner earned his Master’s in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas, where he performed for two years in the seven-time Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band under the direction of Alan Baylock. During that time, he worked with Stefon Harris, Sean Jones, Danilo Pérez, Dennis Mackrel, and James Morrison. At UNT, he also served as a Teaching Fellow directing jazz ensembles and teaching jazz trombone fundamentals. His undergraduate degree in Music Education is from Western Kentucky University.
As a clinician, Eisenmenger works regularly with high school and collegiate jazz ensembles across the country, including CWU’s John Moawad Jazz Festival, PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival, and the PNW Trombone Symposium. His passion for building inclusive, creative music communities has earned him praise from Seattle’s KNKX, who described his musical energy as “infectious in the best way.”