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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

Rod Franks will be conducting a symphonic brass ensemble in some classical arrangements this Sunday afternoon in central London. JDBrass is formed around Royal Academy of Music BMus student James Davies and has previously played a chamber recital at the RAM.

James Davies will present his arrangements of the last movement of Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony and Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, whilst they will also perform the fanfare from Janacek’s Sinfonietta (arr. Chris Mowat) and Eric Crees’ arrangement of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue.

Sunday 8th June 2008, 4pm
Sunday Recital Series, St. George’s Bloomsbury, WC1A 2HR, London
Symphonic Brass Ensemble, conductor Rod Franks
FREE entry
Full information from JDBrass

Michael Nyman has set a piece for solo trombone and piano, to be given the premiere this Saturday by Peter Moore. This year’s BBC Young Musician winner will perform the piece at London’s Cadogan Hall as part of a Nyman festival.

With the title “If”, the piece is taken from the film score “The Diary of Anne Frank” and has been set by the composer to be accompanied by him on piano.

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

Update 25/5/08

The BTS are pleased to announce to further developments during the BTS day in Lancashire. Renowned Soloist Nick Hudson will also take part in a recital and workshop, and Stephen Sykes will play Basta by Folke Rabe and Brasilia by Robin Dewhurst in the evening concert.

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
• Stephen Sykes Principal Trombone of the Leyland Band
• Lorna MacDonald Bass Trombonist with Bones Apart
• Nicholas Hudson International Soloist
• 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

11.00 am “The Bass Trombone” a workshop with Lorna MacDonald

12.30 lunch

1.15pm: Trombone Choir rehearsal

2.15pm The Black Dyke Trombone Quartet + tutoring another quartet

3.30 pm: Brett Baker. Demonstration and discussion of Brass Band repertoire and new compositions.

4.30pm Trombone Choir rehearsal

5.30pm Nick Hudson recital / workshop

7.00 pm Concert. Brett Baker, Stockport Brass, Peter Moore, Lorna MacDonald, Stephen Sykes, and Nick Hudson.

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. 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

The Church postcode is BL9 0LA. The nearby Rectory postcode is BL9 0JR.

John Kenny will be performing with the Westmorland Youth Orchestra in their 60th Anniversary Concert in June. John will be playing the Carnyx in his own composition “The Voice of the Carnyx”, and Didgeridu in Peter Sculthorpe’s “Earth Cry”.

Saturday 28th June 2008, 7.30pm
Kendal Parish Church, Cumbria, UK
Westmorland Youth Orchestra, conducted by Noel Bertram
Tickets available from the Cumberland Building Society, Lowther Street, Kendal or by phone from Sedbergh Tourist Information Centre on 015396 20125.

For further information, please contact Noel Bertram noel@nbertram.fsnet.co.uk

This Friday, the silky sounds of Jiggs Wigham can be heard when he performs a free lunchtime concert at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he is a visiting professor in jazz trombone.

Friday 23 May 2008, 1.05pm
Lecture Recital Room, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Silk Street, Barbican, EC2Y 8DT
Jiggs Whigham Jazz Trombone Concert

Acclaimed trombonist and visiting Guildhall lecturer Jiggs Wigham demonstrates jazz’s contribution to chamber music in a jazz trombone concert.