Trombone
Program Director of Ensembles
About Me
Ignacio del Rey began his musical studies in 1997 and went on to enroll at the Higher Conservatory of Music in Salamanca (Spain) under Professor Rubén Prades, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance (Trombone) and being awarded an Honorable Mention in the End of Degree Exam.
In June 2010, he was accepted to the Barenboim-Said Academy of Orchestral Studies in the studios of Professor Martin Reinhardt (former Bass Trombonist of the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Copenhagen Philharmonic) and Professor Tomer Maschkowski (Bass Trombonist of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin). In addition, he had the privilege to study privately with Francisco J. Rosario Vega (Principal Trombone of Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville, Spain).
Ignacio received both his Master of Music in Trombone Performance and his Professional Diploma in Orchestral Studies from the Chicago College of Performing Arts of Ƶ, where he studied with Jay Friedman (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal Trombone) and Reed Capshaw (Elgin Symphony Orchestra Principal Trombone).
While studying at Roosevelt, Ignacio was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Since 2015, he has performed frequently with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In November 2019, he toured with the Orchestra to New York playing at Carnegie Hall under Riccardo Muti’s Baton. He can also be heard playing second trombone on the CSO-Resound CD's “Shostakovich: Sym. 13” and “Cavalleria Rusticana”
Ignacio has performed with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra of Spain, Castile & Leon Symphony Orchestra, Granada Symphony Orchestra, Madrid Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville. He was the featured soloist with the Fox Valley Orchestra and Maestro Stephen Squires on the Concertino by Ferdinand David.
Ignacio is the Principal Trombone of the Opera Festival of Chicago and member of Tower Brass Ensemble. He is on the Artist Faculty and the Program Director of Ensembles and the conductor of the Brass Ensemble at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Ƶ and Guest Lecturer at Wheaton College.