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Christian Jones will be performing the première of a new bass trombone concerto by Gareth Wood next weekend. The Philharmonia Orchestra’s bass trombonist will be accompanied by the National Youth Brass Band of Wales in concerts in Fishguard and Cardiff.

Christian is really looking forward to going down to coach sectionals with the youth band on Thursday before rehearsing the piece, recording it and then giving the two performances:

It is going to be a packed week, but its really nice to take the opportunity to do something different. The piece is great - pretty tuneful, although at 13 minutes it is quite a work out!

Friday 25 July – 7.30pm, Ysgol Bro Gwaun, Fishguard
Saturday 26 July - 7.00pm, University of Cardiff Concert Hall, Cardiff

National Youth Brass Band of Wales
Supported by The Rotary Club of Fishguard & Goodwick
Conductor – Nigel Boddice
Soloist – Christian Jones Bass trombone
Music by: Malcolm Arnold, Vaughan Williams, Philip Wilby, Alun Hoddinott, Elgar Howarth and Philip Sparke

This Saturday is the BTS day in Lancashire. Here are the latest details to whet appetites.

The British Trombone Society presents:

A spectacular day of trombone music and playing, at Bury Church, Bury, Lancashire on Saturday 19th July 2008 from 10.00 am to 9.00 pm.

The two themes of the day are:

Contemporary music for trombone
The trombone in the brass band

Artists confirmed include:
* Bob Hughes Royal Academy of Music Trombone Professor
* Brett Baker Principal trombone of the Black Dyke Brass Band
* The Stockport Brass (Formerly BT Band), Musical Director Michael Fowles
* Peter Moore winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2008
* Stephen Sykes Principal Trombone of the Leyland Band
* Lorna MacDonald Bass Trombonist with Bones Apart
* Nicholas Hudson soloist, formerly of Fodens and Faireys Bands
* The Black Dyke Band Trombone Quartet

The programme for the day is as follows:

10.00 am Introduction and massed trombone choir led by Bob Hughes

11.15 am Brett Baker. Demonstration and discussion of Brass Band repertoire and new compositions

12.15 lunch

1.00pm Nick Hudson Recital / Workshop

2.00pm: Trombone Choir rehearsal

3.00pm The Black Dyke Trombone Quartet + tutoring another quartet

4.00pm Trombone Choir rehearsal

5.00pm “The Bass Trombone” a workshop with Lorna MacDonald

7.00 pm Concert. Brett Baker, Stockport Brass, Peter Moore, Stephen Sykes.

Admission to the workshops and daytime events is free to BTS members and £10 to non members.
Tickets for the evening concert available on the door at £5 for all.

Venue: Bury Church, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 0LA. (The nearby rectory is at BL9 0JR)

There will be a number of trade stands present with instruments, sheet music and CDs to try and buy.
For further information, please contact Brett Baker by email: chair@britishtrombonesociety.org

Concert Programme

• Stockport Brass March conducted by Michael Fowles
• Brett Baker playing Concerto Olympic by Roy Newsome with Stockport Brass
• Brett Baker playing Iona Boat Song arranged by Howard Evans with Stockport Brass
• Slide Show Quartet (from Rochdale Music Service) playing Promenade, Nessun Dorma and Wagners
• Tannhauser
• Brett Baker playing the Evanepole Concerto with Stockport Brass
• Stockport Brass TBA
• Everyday Light trombone trio by James McFadyen with Stockport Brass, with Stephen Sykes, Brett
• Baker and Kevin Wilson

interval

• Trombone Choir to play two pieces conducted by Bob Hughes
• Stephen Sykes Playing Basta by Folke Rabe Unaccompanied
• Stephen Sykes Playing Brasilia with Stockport Brass
• Stockport Brass Lill Darlin
• Peter Moore Playing Shout with Stockport Brass
• Peter Moore Playing 2nd and 3rd Movements of the Larsson Concertino
• Lisa Sarasini Playing Freaks by Gavin Higgins with Stockport Brass
• Stockport Brass: Shine as the Light by Peter Graham

Black Dyke Quartet Program 3.30pm
Celebration
Their Hearts were full of spring
Concerto A4
Song of Courage (excerpt)
Tokyo Tyiptych
Red Red Rose
James Bond
Fly me to the Moon
Gospel Time

Next month, Gordon Campbell will play Adam Gorb’s trombone concerto “Downtown Diversions” in London. Gordon recorded the piece with the HM Royal Marines Band and in the BTS review last year, Andrew Waddicor described it as “a fabulous work” and for the performance “it is difficult to imagine a soloist better equipped [than Gordon Campbell]”

The Hertfordshire Wind Sinfonia will be conducted by Mark Eager, former principal trombone of the BBC NOW.

2nd August 2008, 7.30pm
St. John’s Smith Square, London
Gordon Campbell trombone
Adam Gorb Downtown Diversions
Also: Stravinsky, Bernstein and Holst
Tickets £9/£5 from SJSS box office

Trevor Mires will be performing with his band, Plumstead Radical Club, on Tuesday, 9th September in South-East London. He’s been the trombonist for Jamiroqui, Incognito, Beyoncé and Tony Christie, but this concert will feature music from his own band’s debut album, “The Coast is Clear” (Impossible Ark Records).

Plumstead Radical Club features:
Tevor Mires trombone/bass trumpet, Neil Charles double bass/electric bass, Graham Fox drums, Ross Stanley keys

Tuesday, 9th September 2008
South Norwood Conservative Club
10 South Norwood Hill, London, SE25 6AB
Admission is free

So far there are BTS events confirmed in Somerset and Northamptonshire this autumn.

Wells Cathedral School (Somerset) hosts a BTS day on Sunday 28th September 2008, 10.30am - 5pm. So far Bones Apart and the London Serpent Trio are booked. And of course there will be the massed blow!

Also, the ever-popular BTS day at Oundle School (Northants) returns on 5th October 2008, organised by Ben Bouzan.

Bones Apart - coming to Somerset this September

Kevin Morgan invites trombonists in the South-West to get together for a massed blow at The Crown, Winterborne Stickland on the 20th July.

20th July 2008
The Crown, Winterborne Stickland, Blandford, Dorset, DT110NJ
6.00-9.00pm
All trombonists welcome
Further further Information or to confirm attendance email: trombonemusic@mac.com

(The date coincides with a cricket match between the village and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at Milton Abbey earlier in the day.)

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s trombone section has a trombone quartet called Slide Effect and with the backing of Glasgow-based music publisher Mitre Music they have announced three recitals.

Sun 3rd Aug - Balquihidder Summer Music, Balquihidder Parish Church, Scotland
Sat 20th Sept - Kyles of Bute Music Club, Tighnabruich, Scotland
Sat 22nd Nov - Ayr Music Club, Ayr, Scotland

More information about the group is available on the Slide Effect website.

With the raft of cheap flights to Denmark, there is sure to be plenty of interest in the International Trombone Festival next summer in Aarhus. The festival is 25-28th of June 2009, hosted by Niels-Ole Bo Johansen at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus.

Brandt Attema (NL), Håkan Björkman (S), Jonas Bylund (S), Michael Davis (USA), Steen Hansen (DK), Chris Houlding (UK), Alex Iles (USA), Jesper Juul (DK), John Kenny (UK), Christian Lindberg (S), Michael Mulcahy (USA), Mark Nightingale (UK), Vincent Nilsson (S/DK), Bill Reichenbach (USA), Jörgen van Rijen (NL), Stefan Schulz (D), PK Svensen (N), Jiggs Whigham (USA) and more to come.

Orchestras/ensembles: Aarhus Symphony Orchestra – The Regimental Band of H.R.H The Prince of Denmark – Stockholm Chamber Brass – Århus Sinfonietta

For more information, browse www.itf2009.org

The Royal Academy of Music present a trombone concert next week, directed by Bob Hughes, and includes two world premières from Timothy Bowers and Richard Turner.

Programme to include:
Meyerbeer Coronation March from Le Prophète
Gabrieli Sonata Pian’e Forte
Timothy Bowers Sonata for tenor trombone and piano (world première)
JS Bach Passacaglia in C minor
Richard Turner In Memoriam DSCH (world première)

Thursday 12th June, 1:05pm
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London
Free, no tickets required

Following the success and oversubscription of the first event in 2006, the Dutch Bass Trombone Open will run again during 5-7th September 2008. The weekend workshop housed in a castle in Holland will be led by bass trombonists Douglas Yeo, Mark Frost, Phil Teele and Ben van Dijk.

The event is open to all bass trombone players, regardless of age or ability - there’s no “competition” element involved at any stage. We can host a maximum of 50 players at the event.

For full information, check out www.dbto.nl