Nathaniel Geiger is an active low brass music educator and performer based in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Nathaniel was born and raised in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, where he began playing trombone at the age of ten. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Illinois State University, and a Masters in Music Performance from Michigan State University. Nathaniel is an alum of the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps, and has been a brass and visual instructor for award winning marching bands in Texas, Illinois, and Michigan, most recently with the McKinney Royal Pride Band, a consistent UIL Area and BOA Regional finalist from McKinney, TX.
Nathaniel currently serves as a tenor and bass trombone instructor for McKinney ISD. He previously worked as a trombone and euphonium instructor for Allen ISD and Richardson ISD. Nathaniel’s students consistently advance to TMEA All-Region, Area, and All-State concert and jazz ensembles, and receive Division 1 ratings and outstanding soloist awards at solo and ensemble contests. His students have been won or placed in various competitions including the ITA Gagliardi Competition, the McKinney ISD HS and MS Concerto Competitions, the Lake Highlands Concerto Competition, and have been accepted into ensemble programs including the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra and National Youth Orchestra. Students from his studio have gone on to study music or perform in ensembles at the New England Conservatory of Music, The University Of Oklahoma, The University of Colorado Boulder, and Texas Tech University.
As a performer, Nathaniel is most active as a pit orchestra low brass musician in DFW, performing with Garland Summer Musicals, Rockwall Summer Musicals, The Sherman Community Theatre, and other various community and school musical productions. As an orchestral musician, Nathaniel has performed in DFW with The Sherman Symphony, The Allen Philharmonic, and The Dallas Millennial Choir And Orchestra. Nathaniel also performs regularly with The Illinois Symphony, and has performed with The Lansing Symphony, The Rochester Symphony, The Michigan Philharmonic, and The Midland Symphony. He has also served as principal trombone of The Urbana Pops Orchestra, and has won positions at the Round Top Festival Institute and The Sewanee Summer Music Festival summer orchestra programs.
Nathaniel also performs extensively with British style brass bands. Nathaniel is currently the Principal Trombonist and serves as the Events Coordinator for The Dallas Brass Band, who are ranked 3rd nationally as of 2026. Through the Dallas Brass Band, he is the contest coordinator of The United States Brass Invitational, a regional brass band contest established in 2025 hosted in Southlake, TX. In 2017, Nathaniel was selected for an international contest tour of England and Scotland with the multi-time North American champion Fountain City Brass Band, where the group placed 2nd at “Brass In Concert”, an international entertainment contest featuring top bands from five countries, and 3rd at The Scottish Open.
Nathaniel’s trombone and euphonium teachers include Ava Ordman, Mark Babbitt, Jim Pugh, Phil Sinder, Dave Dickey, and Garrett Mendez, and he has been a featured performer in masterclasses for Joseph Alessi, John Kitzman, Alex Iles, Mark Kellogg, and Kenneth Thompkins. Nathaniel is a member of TMEA, the International Trombone Association, and the music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Outside of music, Nathaniel enjoys cooking, racquetball, Michigan State basketball, spending time with his family and cat Putty, and hopes one day to compete on Jeopardy.