Roadwork Released!

The new CD by the Atlanta Trombone Project is now available! You can find it at www.cdbaby.com or at Amazon, the ASO Symphony store, and (soon) iTunes. Here's a link to the CD - tell me how you like it!

http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/AtlantaTromboneProject

Upcoming Events (Updated 2/3)

Here are some special or more unique performances and events coming up over the next few months:

Feb. 24-26: Recital and masterclasses at Mars Hill College in Asheville, NC
March 21: Pre-ETW performance with UGA Trombones
March 23-24: Solo Performance at Eastern Trombone Workshop with University of Georgia Trombones
April 2: Masterclass at GSU
April 10: Solo Performance with KSU Trombone Choir
June 18-23: Southeast Trombone Symposium at CSU

January Events

Jan. 4: ASO Concert of music from the American Jewish Film Festival
Jan. 14: ASO MLK Concert
Jan. 21, 22, 23: ASO Concerts featuring Sibelius's Finlandia, Khachaturian's Piano Concerto, and Sibelius's Symphony No. 1. Should be a good show!
Jan. 28, 29, 30: ASO performs Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Tickets are always difficult to come by for this one.
Jan. 31: Mendelssohn's Elijiah at Peachtree Presbyterian Church

December Events = Holiday Music with Accessories...

Dec. 1: Ralph Sauer Masterclasses will be held at KSU at 2 and 4 pm. Check out his Wikipedia page! Luckily, I'll only be supervising. ;)
Dec. 4: ASO Gospel Christmas show at 8 pm - the choir and soloists always rock!
Dec. 5: ASO Gospel Christmas show at 2 pm
Dec. 5: Johns Creek Symphony holiday concert at 8 pm
Dec. 6: at 3 pm, Il Brasso Magnifico will be giving their holiday concert. It's free and has a reception afterwards. We'll be performing in Spivey Hall at Clayton State University - what a great soundspace for brass!
Dec. 8, 9: ASO Concerts for Young People at the Cobb Energy Center
Dec. 10: Sam Aumann's recital at KSU at 2:30. I'll be performing a Boismortier duet with him as well.
Dec. 10, 11, 12: Christmas with the ASO at 8 pm
Dec. 12: Christmas with the ASO at pm as well
Dec. 13: Holiday concert at Peachtree Rd. United Methodist Church at 5:30
Dec. 20: "Nick and Friends" holiday concert at Peachtree Pres. Church at 6 pm
Dec. 24: Holiday services at St. Philip's Cathedral

October & November

Got a late start to posting this month! Here's what's left:

Oct. 15, 16: ASO performance of Stravinsky's The Nightingale
Oct. 17: ASO performs at Tri-City HS. Rep includes Shostakovich's Festive Overture, Gershwin's Cuban Overture, the march from Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, Copland's Buckaroo Holiday, and more.
Oct. 18: ASO Target Family Day at the Woodruff Arts Center
Oct. 22, 23, 24: ASO performs Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra. A great showpiece for not only the brass, but the entire orchestra.
Oct. 25: ASO Halloween shows at 1:30 and 3:30. BOO!
Oct. 29, 30: ASO performs Brahms's A German Requiem. One of the most beautiful pieces in the repertoire, with similar trombone parts.
Nov. 3, 4: ASO Young People's Concerts in the morning
Nov. 5: ASO performs Stravinsky's The Nightingale in Athens, GA
Nov. 7: ASO performs Stravinsky's The Nightingale in Carnegie Hall, NYC!
Nov. 12, 13, 14: ASO concert with Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, Glazunov's Violin Concerto, and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1. Not a bad choice to see the low brass.
Nov. 14: ASO GMEA Band Project at Berkmar HS. I'll be coaching all day and performing a couple of unaccompanied solos (Spain and Dona Nobis Pacem)
Nov. 19, 20, 22: ASO performs Bernstein's Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs, Wynton Marsalis's An American Symphony (he'll be performing at this world premier ASO commission that we'll record during the weekend), Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, and Gerswhin's An American in Paris. What a great American music concert! Great parts for us too.

September Events

I've got a few events coming up soon that might be of interest. But first, you might want to check out this YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB-haEwr4xA

Sept. 18: ASO concert at Clayton County Performing Arts Center at 8 pm. Repertoire includes the March from Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 and selections from Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet
Sept. 19: ASO concert at the Woodruff Arts Center at 8 pm. Same repertoire.
Sept. 24, 26, 27: ASO Opening Weekend concerts! We're ready to get going with the season, and it starts with one of my favorite pieces to play - Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6. We're also doing a live recording of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto with Garrick Ohlsson, with Spano conducting.
Sept. 25: Colin, Bill, myself, and Eric Bubacz are giving a masterclass down at Columbus State University from 11 am to 1 pm.

So glad to be getting back on stage!

Fall is around the corner

We're already getting set for the fall here in Atlanta, but it sure doesn't feel like autumn! The ASO has just one more show up at Verizon. We're playing Verdi's Vespri Overture, which has some good playing, but the highlight is Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. I highly recommend this show, especially since the ASO is offering a lot of free lawn seats. Click here for info. Let me know if that link doesn't work...

KSU (and other) students should check here periodic studio updates.

May Events

May 2 & 3 with ASO
Brahms Symphony No. 4 (last movement only. See April 30th description)

May 4 at KSU
Juries!!! Around 3 pm

May 7, 8 & 9 with ASO
Liszt's Orpheus (About 30 notes...)
Debussy's La Mer (Not too much to play. A couple of nice passages near the end, though)

May 14, 16 & 17 with ASO
Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms (A very cool piece with several good spots for the bones)
Mozart Requiem (A must-see! The famous 2nd trombone solo will be played by Bill Thomas, and Colin Williams will be rocking out the alto parts. This concert is the last one I'd say you HAVE to go see this season if you're a trombonist)

May 28 & 30 with ASO
This is a show called The Inca Trail. It is filled with many Latin American pieces and will be conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Rep TBA.

April Schedule

...sorry about being late this month...

April 9 at KSU
Sam (2:15-3:15)
Breon (3:30-5:00)
Trombone Choir (5:00-6:00)

April 16 with ASO
Runout concert in Perry. Lots of Copland, and Dvorak's Carnival Overture. Should be a good show. (I'm off...)

April 17 & 18 with ASO
ASO plays with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. That band brings a very good show, and we get to play pretty much the whole way through.

April 23 at KSU
Sam (2:15-3:15)
Breon (3:30-5:00)
Trombone Choir (5:00-6:00)

April 23 & 24 with ASO
Must see concert! Mahler's Symphony No. 6 "Tragic" is one of my favorites, and has the best trombone writing of any of his symphonies. If you don't know why you should be there, take my word for it. Recommended recordings include San Francisco with MTT, Scottish National with Jarvi, Vienna with Boulez, and even your own Atlanta Symphony with Levi (Jay Friedman played principal).

April 25 with ASO
Repeat of April 16 show in Callaway (I will be playing this time).

April 30 at KSU
Sam (2:15-3:15)
Breon (3:30-5:00)
Trombone Choir (5:00-6:00)

April 30 with ASO
Brahms's Symphony No. 4 is beautiful, I think his best. However, we only play the last movement of this piece and it's the only piece with trombones. Maybe you can 'stub in' late...

March Schedule

March 5, 6 & 7 with ASO
Wagner Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (pretty, not much for us)
Higdon The Singing Rooms (quite a lot of playing)
Singleton Praisemaker (not much)
Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy (good late romantic work with some decent playing, especially for trumpets!)

March 5 at KSU
Sam (2:15-3:15)
Breon (3:30-5:00)
Trombone Choir (5:00-6:00)

March 12 at KSU
Spring Break!

March 12, 13 & 14 with ASO
Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien (not too much)
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 (not much)

March 15 with ASO in Athens
Repeat of Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev

March 19-21 in Washington, D.C.
I'm going to play the Bourgeois Bass Trombone Concerto at the Eastern Trombone Workshop with the U.S. Army Band. I'll also be giving a masterclass, and a clinic with members of the ASO Trombone Section with Eric Bubacz on tuba. ETW has a great lineup including Charlie Vernon, Massimo la Rosa, Matt Vaughan, and many more that are listed on their site.

March 26, 27 & 28 with ASO
Sibelius Violin Concerto (couple of loud notes)
Brahms Symphony No. 2 (my favorite Brahms symphony to play, even has a good tuba part!)

March 26 at KSU
Trombone Choir performs Italian March and Psalm 42 at 1 pm recital
Sam (2:15-3:15)
Breon (3:30-5:00)
Trombone Choir (5:00-6:00)

Remaining February Schedule

February 19, 21 & 22 with ASO
Xi Above Light (new piece with some interesting brass writing)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 (great low brass parts)

February 19 at KSU
Sam (2:15-3:15)
Breon (3:30-5:00)
Trombone Choir (5:00-6:00)

February 26 & 28 with ASO
Haydn The Creation (very soloistic bass trombone parts, no tuba, Colin plays alto)

February 28 at KSU
Sam (2:15-3:15)
Breon (3:30-5:00)
Trombone Choir (5:00-6:00)

ASO & KSU January Schedule

January 7 at KSU
3:30 or so for auditions
Possible late afternoon lessons on 6th or 7th

January 8 at KSU
Lessons

January 8, 9 & 10 with ASO
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5

January 15 at KSU
Lessons

January 15 with ASO (MLK concert at Morehouse)
Verdi La Forza Destino
Flagello The Passion of MLK
Beethoven Symphony No. 5

January 22 at KSU
Sam (2:15-3:15)
Breon (3:30-5:00)
Trombone Choir (5:00-6:00)

January 22, 23 & 24 with ASO
Respighi Fountains of Rome
Respighi Pines of Rome

January 29 at KSU
Sam (2:15-3:15)
Breon (4:00-5:00)
Trombone Choir (5:00-6:00)

January 29, 30 & 31 with ASO
Strauss An Alpine Symphony

NEW! ASO & KSU November Schedule

November 6 at KSU
3:30 Sam / 4:30 Trombone Choir / 5:30 Breon

November 6 & 7 with ASO
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra / Copland Appalachian Spring

November 13 at KSU
3:30 Sam / 4:30 Trombone Choir / 5:30 Breon

November 13, 14, & 16 with ASO
Gershwin A Cuban Overture / Dvorak Symphony No. 9

November 20 at KSU
3:30 Sam / 4:30 Trombone Choir / 5:30 Breon

November 21 & 23 with ASO
John Adams's Doctor Atomic opera in concert

November 28 & 29 with ASO
Pops: Cirque de la Symphonie

TBA: Thanksgiving week trombone choir rehearsal and lessons at KSU

KSU Events for October

Oct. 2
3:30-4:30 Sam Lesson
4:30-5:30 Trombone Ensemble
5:30-6:30 Breon Lesson

Oct. 9
3:30-4:30 Sam Lesson
4:30-5:30 Trombone Ensemble
5:30-6:30 Breon Lesson

Oct. 23
3:30-4:30 Sam Lesson
4:30-5:30 Trombone Ensemble
5:30-6:30 Breon Lesson

Oct. 29
8 pm: Recital with Bernard Flythe at Bailey Performing Arts Center (Free, but required)

Oct. 30
3:30-4:30 Sam Lesson
4:30-5:30 Trombone Ensemble
5:30-6:30 Breon Lesson

KSU Schedule, September

Sept. 4
3:30-4:30 Lesson with Sam
4:30-5:30 Trombone Ensemble
5:30-6:30 Lesson with Breon

Sept. 11
**Change!
No lessons or rehearsal today. I will be in Alabama for the entire week. I will make up the times ASAP!

Sept. 18
1:00-2:00 Lesson with Breon
3:30-4:30 Lesson with Sam
4:30-5:30 Trombone Ensemble with special guest Andrew Miller. He is the tubist with the Alabama Symphony and will be playing a mock audition that day for us. Attendance is required.

Sept. 25
3:30-4:30 Lesson with Sam
4:30-5:30 Trombone Ensemble
5:30-6:30 Lesson with Breon