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Trombonist Steve Perdicaris is a current member of the Sacramento Philharmonic and has performed with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (England), the Houston Symphony, and many other northern California orchestras.  He can be heard on numerous recordings on the EMI label with Sir Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.  Steve has worked under conductors such as Andre Previn, Leonard Slatkin, and Robert Shaw, and with many headliners including Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr., and the Manhattan Transfer.  In 2018, he received the Alumni Enterprise Award from the Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara) for his after-school music program for underserved children in San Francisco's Mission District.

Steve received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Texas, Master of Nonprofit Administration degree from the University of San Francisco, and was awarded an Associate Certificate with Honors in trombone performance from the Royal College of Music in London. He previously served on the faculties at the University of Nevada-Reno and the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music in Stockton, CA.