Kirk Lundbeck received his Bachelor of Music, B.M., in 1981 with an emphasis on trombone performance and continued his studies in trombone and instrumental conducting through 1983. He has studied with some of the finest trombone instructors in the world including Mr. James Mattern and Mr. Michael Mulcahy. He is currently studying with Mr. Jay Friedman, Principal Trombonist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Lundbeck has performed with the Rockford Symphony, the Elgin Symphony, the Kishwaukee Symphony, and most recently the Symphony of Oak Park/River Forest. He has been a member of the DeKalb Municipal Band for 27 years and has served as Principal Trombone for the past 11 seasons. Often sought after as a featured soloist and clinician, Lundbeck free-lances throughout the Midwest, is the former lead trombonist of the Shananigans Big Band, and the leader of his own jazz trio titled, "The Black Tie Jazz Trio" which performs regularly throughout Northern Illinois. In the spring of 2005 an article featuring Lundbeck will appear in the International Trombone Journal Magazine, a magazine which is ready by more than 300,000 trombonists worldwide.