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Feast of BTS events for 2009 Did you catch the Vienna Philharmonic trombones’ unique performance last year? Bones Apart playing their superb new arrangements? Brett Baker playing the best of the new solos? Enjoyed the camaraderie and golden sounds of a massed trombone choir? Last year’s BTS events were great, so don’t miss out on 2009’s! Make a note in your diaries now and check back on the BTS website for any updates. Yorkshire > 21 & 25 February > Leeds Education Days – Trombone days featuring the Black Dyke Band Trombone Section. Both start 9.30am. All are welcome! Entry: free to BTS members and those part of Leeds Music Service, others £5. Venue: The West Park Centre, Spen Lane, Leeds. Northern Ireland > 22 February > Stephen Cairns is once again welcoming trombonists to Bann House, Portadown in Northern Ireland. Starting at 10.30am, the day will host special guests Jonas Bylund and the Trombone Choir of the Hannover Academy of Music. Manchester > 22 February > RNCM trombone day – Ben van Dijk, Niels-Ole Bo Johansen, Chris Houlding and the RNCM Trombone Ensemble. Premieres by Ilja
Reijngoud and Wayne Siegel. Massed trombone choir on a new Eric Crees piece. Admission free, but must preregister with: Chris Houlding on christopherhoulding@ googlemail.com or write c/o RNCM 124 Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD. 3-6pm at the Lord Rhodes Room, RNCM. Yorkshire > 14 March > Salvation Army Trombone Focus Day – workshops from 10am, concert 7pm. Black Dyke Trombone Quartet, Bob Hughes, Castleford Band. Venue: Salvation Army, Castleford. £2/£3 Wales > 22 March > Trombone day, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Artists include Chris Thomas (Cory Band) the BBC NOW trombone section with an orchestral repertoire session. Massed trombone choir conducted by Bob Hughes. RWCMD tutors consisting of Roger Cutts, Brian Raby, Donal Bannister, Rob Goodhew, Chris Mowat and Kevin Price who have offered individual lessons. The RWCMD Sackbutt
Quartet, the RWCMD Brass Band conducted by Bob Childs. BTS members free for day time activities or nonmembers for £15. The evening concert is a separate ticket and costs £5 for all-comers. East Midlands > 28 March > BTS Trombone Day, Oakfield Primary in Rugby, Warwickshire. Starts 9.30am. Artists include, Brett Baker (Black Dyke) on new repertoire, Chris Jeans (GUS Band) with junior players, Jeremy Price (Head of Jazz, Birmingham Conservatoire) on a jazz workshop and Tony Howe (CBSO) will run a
masterclass. BTS members free, others £10. Yorkshire > 31 May > Composers’ Forum Day at Black Dyke Band Festival, Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus. Featuring
winners of BTS Composers Competition and commissions by Brett Baker and the Black Dyke Band. Massed blow led by Bob Hughes. Scotland > 7 June > Chris Stearn is involving both school-aged children along with more traditional trombone day fare. The afternoon will involve performances from students, Q&A with RSAMD tutors, massed blow and the trombone featured in an evening concert with the Scottish National Wind Orchestra. Venue: RSAMD, Glasgow. London > 21 June TBC > Hopefully this date will be confirmed and Bob Hughes can welcome us back to the Royal Academy of Music. This trombone day is likely to include the trombone section of London Brass , Bones Apart, as well as the RAM trombone choir and some special guests. Later in the year: North-East > 5 July > Brett Baker is brewing a new trombone day at Durham University, at the ‘Brass’ festival. East > 3-4 October > Oundle School: Saturday Jazz, Sunday Trombone Day & BTS AGM North-West > 5 December > Trombone Solo & Quartet competition The latest is on the website.
Forthcoming concerts and events In June 2009 the International Trombone Festival (ITF) comes to Denmark. The event has a number of themes, including: Trombones and Children, Trombone Ensembles, Trombone and Theatre, and The Spiritual Trombone. Organiser Niels-Ole Bo Johansen is particularly looking forward to: “the first performances of Niels Marthinsen’s In the Shadow of the Bat featuring Håkan Björkman, Jörgen van Rijen and Stefan Schulz, and Poul 4 | Spring 2009 | The Trombonist
Ruders Concertinonew for Bass Trombone and Ensemble featuring Stefan Schulz. Also, Mark Nightingale’s new piece for trombone and classic ensemble featuring him is going to lots of fun.”
his trombone class, Wycliffe Gordon, European soloists Christian Lindberg, Jorgen van Rijen, Michel Becquet and there’s sure to be a whole new batch of exciting new music from the NTC itself.
Organised by the New Trombone Collective, the Rotterdam-based “Slide Factory 2009” will be the biggest yet. Taking place at the end of March, the festival features a stellar line-up including Joseph Alessi with
Bones Apart will be visiting Essex, Gateshead and Portsmouth in a tour organised by Music in the Round who are also promoting the likes of the Belcea Quartet and Cropper/Welsh/Roscoe
Trio. Their programme features arrangements of Mendelssohn’s Suite from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Christian Lindberg will perform Troorkh with the BBC Symphony Orchestra on 7th March. This will be the first UK performance of Xenakis’ 1991 piece. With it’s uncompromising high tessitura, Lindberg describes it as “the most taxing trombone concerto ever written,” and he should know!