THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
Guest Artist Recital
Megan Boutin, Trombone Natalie Sherer, Piano
Monday, November 2, 2026 7:30 p.m. | Longmire Recital Hall
PROGRAM Concerto (1956) I. Andante et scherzo-valse
Henri Tomasi (1901–1971)
Fantasy for Trombone (1981)
Elizabeth Raum (b. 1945)
Improvisation No. 1 (1983)
Enrique Crespo (1941–2020)
Wind Tides (2008)
Adrienne Albert (b. 1941)
Fantasy on Cadillac of the Skies (2026) Breeze in the Hearts, Bloom in the World (2023)
John Williams (b. 1932) arr. Dantrell Sanders (b. 2005) Keiko Takashima (b. 1962)
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Megan Boutin is Adjunct Professor of Trombone at Duquesne University. She has performed, presented, and adjudicated at conferences and festivals including the International Trombone Festival, American Trombone Workshop, Midwest Clinic, International Women’s Brass Conference, Big 12 Trombone Conference, and the Music by Women Festival. An active performer and soloist, she is the winner of the 2019 International Women’s Brass Conference Tenor Trombone Category II solo division. She has been a featured performer at the International Trombone Festival, the Tourbon Festival in Santiago, Chile, and has also performed as a guest soloist at the Midwest Clinic. Boutin holds the position of Principal Trombone with the Richardson Symphony and has previously held the position of principal trombone with the Temple Symphony Orchestra, Austin Civic Orchestra, and the Tri-Cities Opera Company Orchestra. She has performed with ensembles including the Dallas Symphony, Dallas Opera, Dallas Winds, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Austin Symphony Orchestra, and Austin Lyric Opera. One of her passions is chamber music. She is a member of the Slides in Harmony Trombone Quartet, and a founding member of the Magnolia Brass Quintet. As a guest she has performed with Boston Brass, Austin Symphony Brass Quintet, Stiletto Brass Quintet, Mirari Brass Quintet, and the Athena Brass Band. As an educator she has been a featured guest artist for conferences as well as presented masterclasses and performed at universities throughout the United States. She served as a coach to the International Trombone Association’s Quartet Competition 2021 winners and was an assistant conductor for the TAMUK Trombone Choir’s performance at the 2021 Midwest Clinic. An advocate for diversity and inclusion in music, Boutin is a member of the International Women’s Brass Conference and serves as a mentor with the IWBC mentorship program. Boutin is also a member of the International Trombone Association, serving as an Advisor for the ITA Student Council. Additionally, she is the author of “Dr. Nathaniel Brickens: Winner of the 2019 Neill Humfeld Award,” published in the International Trombone Association Quarterly Journal ( July 2022). As a supporter and promoter of new music, and a passion for inclusivity in classical music, Boutin has led and contributed to recent projects highlighting new works and composers. Boutin recorded Yukiko Nishimura’s Golden Trees for the project “Winds of Change: 12 Progressive Solos for Trombone from Diversify the Stand,” which was published and released in 2022. In 2024 she led a commission as a member of her trombone quartet, Slides in Harmony, for Carolina Calvache’s new work, Comienzos. She has also been a member of consortium projects for new works including Dorothy Gates’s Ballyhornan (2024) and James M. David’s Three Summits. Boutin holds degrees in Music Education from Ithaca College (B.M., Music Education), the Eastman School of Music (M.M.) and the University of Texas at Austin (D.M.A.). Principal teachers include Harold Reynolds, Mark Kellogg, John Marcellus, and Nathaniel Brickens. Boutin has held positions at Murray State University and Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Boutin is an S.E. Shires and Greg Black Artist and is an active member of the International Trombone Association and the International Women’s Brass Conference.
Dynamic pianist Natalie Sherer thrives in collaboration with singers and instrumentalists alike. She began her role as Assistant Professor of Vocal Coaching & Collaborative Artist at Florida State University in 2022. Sherer made her Carnegie Hall debut as a performer in SongStudio 2024. Sherer was a performer for CollabFest 2023, the annual conference for the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society (IKCAS), and in 2022, Sherer was a Brown Loranger Fellow at SongFest and an emerging artist in Sparks & Wiry Cries’ NYC SongSLAM Festival. After joining the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) 2020 Intern Program, Sherer performed in multiple presentations at the NATS 2022 National Conference. She recently premiered “Sorrow & Ecstasy: The Complete Songs of Henri Duparc,” a semi-staged musical narrative following four characters’ journeys of love and lament. Sherer hosts the CollabPiano Podcast which celebrates art song and the collaboration between pianists and singers. Season two was supported by FSU’s First Year Assistant Professor Grant. A frequent recitalist, Sherer has recently performed in events and master classes taught by Graham Johnson, Jake Heggie, Nicholas Phan, and Thomas Hampson. In 2019, Sherer performed at the Prague Summer Nights Festival and was a Vocal Chamber Music Fellow for the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago (CAIC). Sherer earned the DMA in Collaborative Piano, studying with renowned pianist Martin Katz, from the University of Michigan, and completed BM and MM degrees in Piano Performance through studies at Manhattan School of Music, Wheaton College, and Roosevelt University. collabpianist.com