Trey Pollard’s introduction to music began with piano lessons at the age of 6.  At 12, he switched to his father’s instrument, the guitar.  In high school, he attended the Governor’s School for the Performing Arts where he was first exposed to jazz from his guitar teacher Woody Beckner.  After high school, Trey attended Virginia Commonwealth University as a Jazz Studies Major.  There he studied jazz guitar with Mike Ess and arranging/composition with Doug Richards.  In addition to Modern Groove Syndicate, Trey has been a member of The Devil’s Workshop Big Band, the Dean Fields Band, Brian Jones Double Guitar Quartet, Bungalo 6, Taylor Barnett’s 10-tet, and Rex Richardson’s X-Ray Rextet among others.