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Spring 2013 The Trombonist
Welcome to the first 2013 issue of your favourite trombone magazine. From the front cover you can see that there was an excellent day of music-making at the Royal College of Music, held last autumn, which was kindly reviewed by Nick Walkley, a professional trumpet/ cornet player and son of celebrated trombonist Stephen Walkley. The day was led by former BTS President Bob Hughes, and featured many prominent players, such as Matthew Gee, Ian Bousfield, Gordon Campbell, Jörgen van Rijen and the Black Dyke Trombone Quartet. The Bob Hughes Bass Trombonist Competition was also held for the first time, with a very high standard of playing; James Buckle just pipped the other contestants to the post to win this prestigious award. Turn to page 8 to find out more about the event. As usual, we also have reviews of other BTS events from around the country; a budding star of the future, Andrew McCoy; trombone islands discs, with Stuart Horton from Enfield Citadel Band of The Salvation Army and expert tips from Jeremy Price and Tony Howe, who are Professors of Trombone at Birmingham Conservatoire of Music. You can also look forward to hearing Jeremy in action at the BTS Jazz day in April (see page 35 for details). Richard Debonnaire, the London area BTS rep, tells us about trombones in the Salvation Army, whilst former BTS President, Chris Houlding, shares his experiences of Germany with us. Davur Juul Magnussen takes us through his approach to playing Nathaniel Shilkret’s Concerto, and Dirk Amrein, an international soloist from Germany, chats to Peter Chester about his early and current playing. In the last issue we welcomed Chris Sowerby to the post of BTS Membership Manager and he has been working tirelessly in the background ever since. Carry on reading to find out about a bit more about him and enjoy the rest of the magazine too. Finally, you will see in the diary (page 35) that there is a massed blow for trombonists of all ages and abilities, in Bristol Cathedral on Tuesday 2 July. This is being led by past BTS President Brett Baker to celebrate his 40th birthday in true trombone style. So why not come along? The aim is to get 1,000 trombone players there - that should blow out the candles on his birthday cake! Best wishes,
Joanna Cambray-Young Spring 2013 £4.00
Bob Hughes hosts star-studded cast at London’s Academy
Young trombonists in Durham Davur and the Shilkret Trombone Concerto Trombonists in The Salvation Army Stuart Horton’s Desert Island Discs Dirk Amrein, Chris Houlding and Matteo De Luca
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