Trombonist Neil Advant is a passionate performer and educator, dedicated to sharing story through music and enabling others to harness that superpower. As an intern at Sound Impact, he was involved in the spring 2024 ‘Time Travels Adventure’ program in partnership with Music At Kohl Mansion. Neil was thrilled to join the Sound Impact team in March to support the operations of the shows, and presented a short segment about brass instruments to the young audiences.

At the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he is pursuing a Bachelors of Music, he is the artistic director and curator of The Moonlight Society. This student-led organization aims to bring SFCM’s student body together through festival-like shows and events, transforming spaces across our campus and showcasing student bands that do not have a platform to perform their music. 

An accomplished orchestral trombonist, Neil was the second trombonist of the New York Youth Symphony from 2019-2021, which included multiple performances at Carnegie Hall and features on the 2020 and 2021 CNN Fourth of July Specials. He can be heard in the orchestra's debut studio album, which won the 2023 Grammy for Best Orchestral Performance. As a vocalist specializing in choir, he can be heard with the California Bach Society and the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption Choir.

Neil graduated from the Juilliard Pre-College division in 2021 studying with members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He is currently studying with Timothy Higgins at SFCM, and will earn his Bachelors degree in May of 2025.

Outside of music, Neil enjoys spending time in nature, rock climbing, and listening to music. When he returns to his hometown of Montgomery, New Jersey, he volunteers at his local fire department, where he has been a firefighter for almost five years.