Biography

"... a marimbist of rare sensitivity and depth." - George Dousis, Composer

Trevor Landreth is the Assistant Director of Bands and Head of Percussion at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania since Fall 2025.  Formally serving as the interim Instrumental Jazz Director and Adjunct Percussion Faculty at Hutchinson Community College from 2019 to 2021. 

He has performed regularly as the percussionist for Music Theater Wichita, and as the drum set player for Wichita Christian Performance Theater. He has held timpani positions with the Danville Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Grand Opera, Emporia Symphony Orchestra, and Hutchinson Symphony Orchestra. He has also held substitute percussion positions with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia da Camera, and the Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra.

Landreth has studied percussion with William Moersch, Joshua Graham, David Constantine, Jerry Scholl, Ricardo Flores, and Tracy Freeze.  Since 2023, he has been pursuing his Doctoral Degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  He was also the recipient of the Swanson Family Fellowship at UIUC for the 2023-2025 academic years.  Landreth has also served as the secretary for the Kansas Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society.

Landreth has performed as a featured soloist for the Emporia State University Percussion Ensemble, and the Illinois Modern Ensemble.