Originally from Winnipeg, Micah Kroeker started his classical trombone studies at the Conservatoire d’Orléans (France) in 2014 and recently finished a bachelor’s degree at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University under the tutelage of James Box. He was a semi-finalist in the 2020 Symphonique de Montréal Competition and twice a finalist in the McGill Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion Concerto Competition (2020,2022). He placed second in the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s Concerto Competition (2016) and won third place in the Winnipeg Youth Orchestra’s annual Scholarship Competition both in 2016 and 2017. He has participated in the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (2021), the National Youth Band of Canada (2018), and is excited for his third summer with the National Academy Orchestra of Canada.