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Featured Musician

Tetsuya Endo, Bass Trombone

Tetsuya Endo joined as the bass trombonist of the Fayetteville Symphony in 2024. Born in San Francisco, CA, he received his Bachelor of Music Performance degree in trombone from the University of California, Irvine, and a Master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His primary teachers include David Stetson of the Pacific Symphony, Paul Welcomer of the San Francisco Symphony, and Tony Collins.

Before joining the Fayetteville Symphony, he freelanced and taught music privately in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed extensively in a wide and eclectic range of community and professional groups, including the San Francisco Wind Symphony, Echo Chamber Orchestra, Starduster Jazz Orchestra, the Brass Animals, Marin Symphony, and the Green Street Mortuary Band in San Francisco.

Outside of his musical activities, he is a devoted educator in multiple subjects having taught in public elementary schools in California and North Carolina, and is a literacy advocate. He currently resides in Raleigh, NC, where he loves to cook, eat, and explore the outdoors with his partner.

To Educate. To Entertain. To Inspire.

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is a professional, regional orchestra whose mission is to educate, entertain, and inspire the citizens of the Fayetteville, North Carolina region as the leading musical resource. Praised for its artistic excellence, the Symphony leads in the cultural and educational landscape for Fayetteville and the southeastern North Carolina region.

The Fayetteville Symphony typically performs 8 concerts during any given season performing both at Methodist University and Fayetteville State University. Partnerships with other agencies include collaborative performances with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, chamber concerts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, as well as the city’s annual Independence concert with fireworks. The Symphony brings music to the schools and the community by performing educational concerts, as well as having its own Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra, after school strings and summer music camps.

This organization is supported in part by a space grant from the BB&T Term Endowment of Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc.