The British Trombone Society presents:

The Trombones of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Guests

Sunday 24 February 2008
The Royal Academy of Music
Marylebone Road, London NW1 5WT

10.30 Registration and coffee
11.00 Massed trombone choir – director Denis Wick
12.30 Break (lunch not provided – plenty of restaurants nearby)
14.00 Talk and demonstration by Gordon Campbell (BBC Big Band)
15.00 Discussion with Ian Bousfield and Denis Wick
16.00 Orchestral Workshop with Trombones of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra:
Ian Bousfield, Hans Ströcker, Jeremy Wilson and Mark Gaal
Also, guest appearance by the London Symphony Orchestra trombone section
17.30 Break
19.30 - 20.30 Quartet Concert – Vienna Philharmonic Trombones – Dukes Hall

Admission to the events 10.30 - 19.30 are by ticket only because the hall is limited to 110 people. To book your ticket, please contact Geoff Wolmark (secretary@britishtrombonesociety.org or telephone 01377 202209). Tickets are free to BTS members or £10 for non-members. The 7.30pm concert is free and ticketless.

The Spring 2008 issue of The Trombonist has been landing on doormats of members of the British Trombone Society today. The magazine includes the latest news, reviews and product adverts. In particular, look out for:

• Tribute to “Crusher” - an extended appreciation of Roger Brenner from two of his close colleagues and friends including plenty of stories from Philip Jones Brass Ensemble tours.
• A discussion of research surveying the changing fortunes of trombonists graduating from the Royal College of Music over the past 50 years.
• Mark Nightingale writes about the CDs that most influenced his career in the first installment of Trombonist’s Island Discs
• As bass trombonist Paul Milner takes up the hot seat at the LSO, Carol Jarvis interviews him about his career so far and thoughts on playing.
• Book/CD reviews including a discussion of Paul Mayes’s unique CD-ROM “You, Me and a Trumpet”

Please note that full details of the new BTS National Competition for Young Trombonists will be published on this page later this week.

The Trombonist is published three times a year. Subscription is included in BTS membership, which costs £22 per year for those in Britain, with substantial reductions for students and under-16s. Full details and the opportunity to sign-up on-line are on the membership page.

Under the direction of BTS President Bob Hughes, the Royal Academy of Music Trombone Choir is presenting a free concert of music for trombone ensemble next Friday lunchtime at Regent Hall, London.

The programme will include the première of 10 Simple answers by Artem Vasiliev.

Friday 1st February 2008, 1pm
RAM Trombone Choir
Bob Hughes director

Programme to include:
Saint-Saëns (arrangement) Finale from Organ Symphony
Artem Vassiliev 10 Simple Answers (world première)
Ray Premru In Memoriam

Regent Hall, 275 Oxford Street, London W1
Free, no tickets required

Geoff Wolmark reports that tickets for the BTS/RAM Vienna Trombones Day on the 24th February are going quickly. About three-quarters of the 110 places available have been allocated, so get your skates on if you want to attend.

If you have not received your ticket through the post yet, please contact Geoff urgently on 01377 202209 to ensure you don’t miss out.

The tickets are required for the events during the day only, because it takes place in a smaller hall in the Royal Academy. The evening concert at 7.30pm is in the Duke’s Hall which has a much greater capacity and tickets will not be required.

BBC Radio 3 carries a broadcast next Tuesday of the LSO and Gergiev performing Mahler’s third symphony. It is a live recording of their Barbican concert from last September and features the well-known trombone solo.

Tuesday 29 January 2008 19:00-20:45 (Radio 3)

Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano)
Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

Mahler: Symphony No 3 in D minor

This September, Yorkshire-born trombonist Ian Bousfield will perform a concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. In a programme of music by Verdi and Nino Rota, Bousfield will play the Rota Trombone Concerto, conducted by Riccardo Muti. The concert takes place during the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland.

Wednesday 10 September 2008, 7.30pm
Konzertsaal, Lucerne, Switzerland

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Ian Bousfield, trombone

Giuseppe Verdi - Overture to Alzira
Giuseppe Verdi - Ballet music from The Sicilian Vespers
Nino Rota (1911–1979) - Concerto for trombone and orchestra
Rota - Music from the film Il gattopardo

Lucerne Festival brochure (PDF)

The Brazilian Trombone Festival 2008 takes place 18–22nd February 2008 in Sao Joao Del Rei, Brazil.

International artists booked to perform include Nathaniel Brickens, Brandt Attema and Tony Baker. Of particular interest to visitors will be the wide selection of local artists including: Renato Farias, Radegundis Feitosa, Joao Luiz Areias, Alciomar de Oliveira, Julio Rizzo, Wilson Dias, Nilsinho Amarante, Trombominas, UFMG Trombones and Tuba Choir, BTE - Brazilian Trombone Ensemble, Trombonada (Recife), Quarteto de Trombones of Paiaiba, Trombones of Maceio, Porto Alegre Trombones and more to come.

For more information, see this fact sheet (25KB, PDF format).

On Wednesday, Mike Lomas will be playing a recital in Bath on a range of historic instruments. With reproductions of a classical trombone of 1778 and a baroque sackbut of 1597, the programme includes the Wagenseil Concerto (c.1763) and Alme Ingrate, composed by Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1705).

New Year Lunchtime Concerts
16th January 2008 – Mike Lomas Historic Trombones
1.10pm – 1.50 pm
Tickets £4.00 on the door
Building of Bath Museum
Full details on the Bath Preservation Trust website.

Due to some technical gremlins, some requests for tickets to the Vienna Trombone Day may not have got through. BTS Secretary Geoff Wolmark has suffered problems with his BTS emails, so if you didn’t get a reply of confirmation, then you should email him again.

The event at the RAM on 24th February, featuring the trombones of the Vienna Philharmonic, promises to be a very exciting day, and it is important for those coming that they reserve a ticket for the afternoon events, which are limited to 110 people.

To book your place please contact the BTS secretary, Geoff Wolmark, preferably by email: secretary@britishtrombonesociety.org or tel: 01377 202209. For full details see the original post.

Bones North will be getting their year underway on Sunday 10th February and invite any interested trombonists to come for a blow. Based in Clifton, West Yorkshire, the trombone choir is directed by Frank Mathison, formerly of the LSO.

Sunday 10th February 2008, 2pm
Clifton and Lightcliffe bandroom, Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse, West Yorkshire
All welcome. Ideally should read tenor and bass clef (tenor trombone) and bass clef for bass trombonists. However we do welcome treble clef readers too.
Please come along for an afternoon’s trombone blowing.

For further details please email Steve Ford at brassmattaz@gmail.com