Oscar Yau

Trombonist Oscar Yau enjoys a diverse musical career as a performer and educator. He is an active freelancer in San Francisco and Los Angeles, where he performs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic regularly. He has shared the stage with many great conductors and artists, including Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, John Williams, Steven Spielberg, Michael Tilson Thomas, Christoph Eschenbach, Sigur Rós, and Demi Lovato. At the age of 22, Yau won a position with the premier United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” an offer he declined to further his studies at the Colburn School. As an educator, he has years of experience teaching privately and in groups. His involvement in education includes coaching students at schools in the San Francisco Unified School District and giving lectures and educational concerts in the greater Los Angeles area.

Yau received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied with James Miller. He holds a Master of Music degree from the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where he was a teaching fellow and studied with Mark Lawrence.