Don was bass trombonist of the Mississauga Philharmonic Orchestra from 1994 to 2007. He has also performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, the Windsor Symphony, the Thunder Bay Symphony, the Niagara Symphony and Orchestra London. Currently, he maintains a busy free-lance schedule in and around the Greater Toronto Area and has performed with many ensembles including the Toronto Wind Orchestra, the Jazz Mechanics Big Band, the trombone ensemble Slide Rule and Intrada Brass as well as touring shows including Carmen and Video Games Live.

Don began his formal studies in music at Toronto’s Humber College. He continued studies at the University of Toronto with Frank Harmantas, the Royal Conservatory of Music with Murray Crewe and the Domain Forget Academie Musique where he studied with Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec members Evelin Auger and Lance Nagels as well as the first of many lessons with the legendary trombonist and teacher Mr. Frank Crisafulli. During this time he also travelled for private studies with other prominent trombonists from the Chicago, Pittsburgh and Montreal Symphonies.

A large part of Don’s schedule is spent working with young trombone and brass students. Over the past 20 years he has been very active giving workshops, master-classes, clinics and teaching private lessons. He has been the brass coach for the Mississauga Youth Orchestra, adjudicated bands at Musicfest Canada, been on the faculty of many summer music camps and visited schools as part of the Mississauga Symphony’s “Musical Ambassadors” and the Peel District School Board “Meet a Musician” Program. In 2007 he started the BrassArts Trombone Camp in Mississauga, a yearly five day workshop in which students take part in clinics, workshops, recitals, rehearsals and performances. In December of 2010, Don was invited to visited Brasil giving a number of workshops and clinics at various universities and conservatories, all sponsored by Edwards. 

In 1997 he founded the trombone trio BrassArts, a professional ensemble devoted to performing music for 3 trombones. BrassArts have enjoyed much success since performing concerts, giving workshops and educational concerts, recording and exploring different and new works for trombone trio.

Don Rayment is an Edwards Artist/Clinician and plays exclusively on Edwards trombones and Griego mouthpieces. He currently performs on Edwards B454(E) and B454(V) model Bass Trombones with a Griego .75 gold deco mouthpiece.