Submitted photo Jazz trombone player John Fedchock will play with both the Youngstown State University Jazz Ensemble and the Conneaut Area Blue Note High School Jazz Band at the Apollo Maennerchor.

Jazz trombone player John Fedchock will join the Youngstown State University Jazz Ensemble and the Conneaut Area Blue Note High School Jazz Band for a concert Wednesday in Sharon, Pa.

Fedchock, a Cleveland native, received degrees in music education and jazz studies at The Ohio State University and earned his master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y.

He toured with Woody Herman’s “Thundering Herd” for seven years, during which time he was musical director and a featured soloist.

He served as musical coordinator and chief arranger in the production of Herman’s last two Grammy Award-nominated albums, “50th Anniversary Tour” and “Woody’s Gold Star.”

Fedchock has toured with T.S. Monk, Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band, Louie Bellson Big Band, Bob Belden Ensemble, Manhattan Jazz Orchestra, Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and he has performed at jazz festivals and concert halls around the world.

As a solo artist, he appears throughout the United States and abroad performing as guest trombonist/composer/conductor.

With the YSU Jazz Ensemble, directed by Kent J. Engelhardt, Fedchock will perform his compositions and arrangements of “The Great Escape,” “Big Bruiser,” “Ruby, My Dear,” “Pools” and “Brazilian Fantasy.”

With the Conneaut Area Blue Note Jazz Band. directed by Glenn Cameron, Fedchock will perform his compositions “Bossa Rio,” “A Drop in the Bucket” and “Midnight Passage.”

The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Apollo Maennerchor, 391 S. Dock St. Admission is $10 at the door.