Shane Cox
performer/recording artist/educator
Band Leader
Shane is a multi-brasstramentalist, bandleader, and composer who has founded and directed multiple projects in California and Minnesota.
His musical roots started with reggae and afrobeat bands in his home state of Idaho, brass band music in New Orleans where he performed on the streets right out of high school, and later Balkan brass, cumbia, and jazz groups in California. Drawing on these diverse influences, Shane composes, arranges, and leads his own original music projects, shaping their performances and recordings.
Recording Artist
home or studio
Shane has arranged and recorded for dozens of tracks of varying genres.
full horn sections including trumpets, trombones, flugelhorns, and sousaphone
New Orleans and Balkan-style brass band style, swing, funk, and modern pop style horn sections
recorded for video game and independent movie soundtracks
solos in many styles including jazz, salsa, funk, latin jazz, and more…
Educator
Shane has taught for prestigious programs in San Fransisco and Minneapolis, as well as privately, both in person and online.
Shane worked for San Fransisco Symphony’s “Adventures in Music” program where he curated a show on brass band history and performed for thousands of 3rd to 5th graders. He then joined their “Music and Mentors” program, providing brass and music theory education to middle and high school students throughout the city.
In Minneapolis, Shane has worked with Macphail Center for Music teaching adult jazz combos as well as private lessons on trumpet, trombone, euphonium, and tuba from ages 8-70. He also participates in school partnerships where he teaches sectionals in jazz and classical styles.
