Chris Houlding will be visiting Glasgow next month for a recital and masterclass, open to all. Retailer ‘The Wind Section’ (Edinburgh) will be attending the event with Edwards trombones and accessories.

Chris Houlding
Saturday October 18th 2008, 10.30-12.30
Guinness Room, Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, Glasgow, Scotland
All welcome

Andy Derrick is inviting participants for a jazz trombone workshop & masterclass on 26th October in Birmingham. The winner of the Don Lusher Best Trombonist Award in the BBC Big Band Contest 2005 and former member of MYJO and Fat Chops Big Band will work with participants on developing their jazz playing, trombone section and ensemble skills, learning more about harmony, working with rhythm sections and forming bands.

Sunday 26th October 2008, 11am - 4pm
Birmingham, venue to be confirmed
Limited number of places, £50 each
Full information: www.adjq.co.uk

Here are the final, final details for this weekend in Oundle!!

BTS East Anglia Trombone Day
The Great Hall, Oundle School, Northamptonshire
Saturday 4th October 2008, 7.45pm - Jeremy Price, jazz concert - see details here
Sunday 5th October 2008, 9.30-5.30 - Trombone Day - free to BTS members, 16 and under / £10 for everyone else

The trombone day is open to all ages and abilities. It does not matter if you are young and have only been playing since the beginning of term, also if you a grown up and have only just picked up the trombone, come and give it ago!! There is music for all abilities and also some amazing playing by other trombonists for you to listen to.

For the younger participants there will be a special workshop directed by Adrian Taylor, trombonist and arranger, well known for his work directing the 200 young trombonists in Symphony Hall Birmingham at the ITF 2006.

The three finalists of the BTS Young Trombonists Solo Competition will be battling it out for the top prize, to be judged on the day by our three esteemed judges: Bruce Fraser (composer), Mark Templeton (Principal Trombone LPO and Professor of Trombone at Trinity College of Music) and Carol Jarvis (trombonist, educationalist and journalist). We’re delighted that Mark Templeton will also be giving a masterclass with the winner of the competition.

There will be a performance by trombone quartet Mean Time Bones from Trinity College.

And there will also be special sessions on Alexander Technique - using our bodies better - given by Jenny Walsh, Head of Alexander Technique at Oundle School.

09.30 Registration, coffee, tea, squash and biscuits.
10.00 Massed trombone choir led by Adrian Taylor
11.30 Trade stands and refreshments
12.00 BTS Annual General Meeting 2008 / Alexander Technique workshop for under-18s.
13.00 Lunch and Trade Stands. There are shops and places to eat in the town, very close by.
14.00 Alexander Technique workshop for over-18s / Educational workshop for under-18s
15.00 Trade stands and refreshments
15.15 BTS Young Trombonists Solo Competition - Final (Adjudicators: Bruce Fraser, Carol Jarvis, Mark Templeton)
15.45 Mean Time Bones Trombone Quartet from Trinity College of Music
16.15 Solo competition results
16.30 Trade stands and refreshments
16.45 Mark Templeton gives masterclass with winner of solo competition
17.15 Massed trombone choir performance
17.30 Finish

Unfortunately the central heating in the Great Hall is not turned on until after half-term (don’t ask!). Although we’ll have some portable heaters, do please bring warm clothes. The weather is usually not too cold, but it is better to be prepared!

The confirmed Trade Stands for the day are Prozone Music, Sharon McCallum and Warwick Music. We are extremely grateful to them all for their huge support, with out these companies and people we would not be able to run these days! Please take every opportunity to visit their stands, talk to them, try their products and if you feel the need… buy, buy, buy!!

I would like to thank in advance everybody who has been involved in helping organise and making these days possible, it is always a worry at first but when things start to fall in place it is an absolute pleasure… then the day happens and we need YOU to come and enjoy!!

Ben Bouzan

Directions

Oundle is only 8 miles from the A1 and 5 miles from the A14, making it easily accessible from all of the UK road networks.

The events are at the Great Hall, but as there are only a couple of parking spaces there, please use the car-park at the Gascoigne Building.

From the A1/A1M:
Leave the A1 at Junction 17 to join the A605 (signposted Oundle, Corby). Travel for approximately 7 miles and at the third roundabout take the third exit onto the A427 into Oundle. Go through the traffic lights (these are for the single lane road) and turn right into the Gascoigne building at the zebra crossing. Turn left to the Gascoigne Building and park there.

From the A14:
Leave the A14 at Thrapston to join the A605 (signposted Oundle). Travel for approximately 8 miles and at the roundabout take the first exit onto the A427 into Oundle (this is the 2nd turn off for Oundle!). Go through the traffic lights (these are for the single lane road) and turn right into the Gascoigne building at the zebra crossing. Turn left to the Gascoigne Building and park there.

Walking from the car park to the Great Hall:
Walk past the Gascoigne Building with it on your right hand side. Go through the door in the wall directly in front of you, and then immediately turn right, passing the parish church on your left. At the end of the path you will come to a road: directly opposite you as you stand on the pavement is the Great Hall. Please use the entrance on the left hand side.

Map to get to Oundle: Google map
Very useful map of town / school: Oundle map

Update: Ticket prices are reduced now, due to extra funding!

The BTS event in Oundle on Sunday 5th October at Oundle will be preceded by a jazz gig featuring Jeremy Price the night before. Organiser Ben Bouzan is encouraging trombonists and families to make the trip more worthwhile and sociable by coming to the Saturday night gig and and staying over for the trombone day on the Sunday.

Jeremy Price is Head of Jazz at the Birmingham Conservatoire and is the BTS Jazz Rep. As a jazz trombonist he has worked with Stan Sulzmann, Mike Gibbs, Randy Brecker and David Murray. He is author of Jazz education material published by International Music Press and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. He is a member of the London Jazz Orchestra and has played for London Sinfonietta as well as for numerous commercial sessions.

Jeremy Price will perform with his rhythm section on the evening of Saturday 4th October in Oundle School’s Great Hall (Northamptonshire). Tickets are free for BTS members and Oundle School Jazz Society Members, £5 for everybody else.

The jazz gig starts at 7.45pm, with doors opening at 7:30pm. Please feel free to bring any refreshments with you, this includes wine and beer! Please make sure that you clear away any rubbish at the end of the evening. Afterwards Ben invites all trombonists to the local pub.

There is a B&B and a hotel in the town: The Ship Inn 01832 273918 (cheapest but only have twins left and not many) and Talbot Hotel 01832 273621. For further accommodation advice, you can contact Ben at: eastanglia@britishtrombonesociety.org

Details of the trombone day on Sunday 5th October are available here and includes driving directions.

To find out more about upcoming events and activities of the BTS, give feedback and find out about get involved, members are welcomed to the Annual General Meeting.

As previously advertised, the British Trombone Society’s AGM takes place at 12.00 this Sunday (5th Oct 2008) at Oundle School, during the trombone day. BTS President Bob Hughes will chair the meeting. Topics covered include: events, the magazine, this website. The full agenda can be downloaded here: BTS AGM 2008 - Agenda

Please send requests for other discussions and other queries to BTS Secretary Geoff Wolmark by email: secretary@britishtrombonesociety.org

Cambridge-based 10-piece brass ensemble Prime Brass are celebrating their city’s twinning with Szeged. Coinciding with “Szeged Week,” they are presenting a Hungarian-themed concert in West Road Concert Hall on Sunday 16th November.

Sunday 16th November 2008, 7.30pm
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, UK

Hungarian Rhapsody
Music by: Rózsa, Liszt, Dohnányi, Kodály, Brahms, Mozart, Purcell, Farnaby, Monti & Jim Parker

Prime Brass
Tickets: Corn Exchange Box Office 01223 357851

Dave Whitson has organised a drinks “do” for Roger Brenner at the Salisbury pub in St. Martin’s Lane, London this Sunday (tomorrow). Sandwiches are being provided by the pub free of charge.

Believe it or not - it is a year since Crusher passed away! Please let trombones & tubists know if you can - all welcome.

Sunday 28th September 2008, from 6pm
The Salisbury, St. Martin’s Lane, London

Trombonists are invited to join Trombonanza for a night of trombone choir playing in Watford. The event is designed to provide an opportunity, particularly for young trombonists, to play this exciting repertoire alongside the professionals and first rate non-professionals that make up Trombonanza.

Trombonanza Open Rehearsal
21 October 2008, 7.30pm-9.30pm
All players welcome.
Entrance free of charge.
Venue:

Clarendon Muse (Music Centre) at Watford Grammar School for Boys
Rickmansworth Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 7JF

There will be two trombone choirs that will run through a variety of repertoire, including several items from the Trombonanza library. The senior group will be directed by Mark Horton, together with other members of Trombonanza, and is aimed at anybody who is currently Grade 6+ standard. Students and adults are all welcome.

The junior trombone choir caters for players whose standard falls between Grades 2 and 5. This event is aimed at younger trombonists, as Trombonanza would like to encourage as many young people to get involved as there is space for, so the more, the merrier! This group will be run by Ben Bouzan (Vice Chairman of the British Trombone Society) and some more members of Trombonanza.

Teachers, peripatetic teachers, professionals and associates should please circulate information about this event to any students they may currently have or have previously had, as the first massed blow should be as well attended as possible, with a view to running more evenings like this in the near future, as well as performing opportunities.

It’s completely free of charge to attend, although if interested in attending, you are asked to register to attend. (Please be advised that user registration is not required to register attendance for this event.)

If you have any queries, please contact Mark Horton (mhorton@trombonanza.com) or Ben Bouzan (bbouzan@trombonanza.com).

Trombonists in reach of the south-west are in for a treat later this month. As announced in the BTS magazine, the BTS and Wells Cathedral School are hosting a Sunday packed full of events. Here are the full details.

Sunday 28 September 2008
BTS Trombone Day
Wells Cathedral School, Somerset

Artists to include: Bones Apart, Stephen Sykes, Michael Buchanan and Kevin Morgan (Principal Trombone, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra).

Update 23/9/08: Unfortunately the London Serpent Trio are unable to be present, due ill health.

Programme:
9.45 Registration
10.15 Massed blow with Kevin Morgan
11.00 Coffee and Trade Stands
11.30 Young Stars of the Future: Stephen Sykes and Michael Buchanan
13.00 Lunch (Restaurants and Pubs nearby)
14.00 Bones Apart Trombone Quartet Recital and Workshop
15.30 Refreshments and Trade Stands
16.00 Massed blow and possible recording
17.00 Approx. finish

Cost: Free to BTS Members. £10 to non members.
(Membership forms available on the day)

Programme may change subject to artists’ availability. Any updates will be posted on this website.

Location:
Wells Cathedral School
Wells
Somerset
BA5 2ST
Driving directions available on the school’s website.

German Brass, the ten-piece ensemble of distinguished brass musicians from major German orchestras, will visit the UK next month for a whirlwind tour of concerts and masterclasses. Visiting Glasgow, Manchester and London, their performances will include their own arrangements of music by Bach, Beethoven, Johann Strauss and Liszt.

Wednesday 22 October 2008
Royal Scottish Academy Of Music And Drama, Glasgow
8pm, concert, Academy Concert Hall

Friday 24 October 2008
Royal Northern College Of Music, Manchester
8pm, concert, Haden Freeman Concert Hall
Tickets: £12 (conc. available) from RNCM box office 0161 907 5555

Saturday 25 October 2008
Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London
2-5pm Open Rehearsal
7.30pm Concert

Sunday 26 October
Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London

10am-12pm Masterclasses with:
Wolfgang Gaag horn
Matthias Höfs trumpet
Enrique Crespo trombone
Stefan Ambrosius tuba

1-2pm Guildhall Brass Ensemble directed by Eric Crees
Music for Brass, including Gabrieli and soloist Philip Cobb

2.15-4.15pm Classes in horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba with Guildhall professors

Tickets for Guildhall events: £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) for both days (no single day tickets) from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891.