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Tag: Contemporary Music
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Contemporary Trombone Excerpts – Ayres, In the Alps
No. 42 (In the Alps), Richard Ayres Melodrama for soprano and chamber orchestra (2008) No. 42 (In The Alps) by Richard Ayres is an orchestral trombonist’s dream: part Strauss, part Rossini, part Mahler, mostly hilarious. Here’s how the composer Richard…
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Contemporary Trombone Excerpts – Haas, Remix
Trombonists (and “ensembly-minded” musicians in general) spend a lot of time thinking about excerpts, passages of music from repertoire. We naturally single out these snippets as places we need to dedicate extra practice time. An excerpt might be an exposed…
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New Music Gathering 2015
From January 15-17, 2015 New Music Gathering took place at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Performers, composers, educators, administrators and fans gathered to discuss everything from engaging the community to the economics of the industry to where to go for…