Author: Jonathan Allen
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John Mackey Harvest Concerto Recording – 11/12/10
On his blog, http://www.ostimusic.com/blog, John Mackey posted that he will upload the studio recording of Joseph Alessi playing Mackey’s Concerto for Band with the West Point band this coming Friday at noon EST. This should be the link.
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Web Resources: Free Trombone Sheet Music
If you are looking for free, public domain, music online, look no further than IMSLP. There is a ton of content here, but I was able to find some of the most popular pieces for the trombone that are public domain. Ferdinand David Concertino Camille Saint-Saëns Cavatine Friedeblad Gräfe Concerto Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov Concerto Joseph…
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Moisés Paiewonsky Visit – Masterclasses and Recital
This week Moisés Paiewonsky, Professor of Trombone at the University of Arizona, presented two masterclasses and a solo recital at the University of Iowa. Mr. Paiewonsky coached trombone quartets, individual soloists, and performed a solo recital where he played the Ewazen Sonata, Sulek Sonata, and the Lars-Erik Larsson Concertino as well as Coltrane’s Bessie’s Blues,…
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Moises Paiewonsky – 10/25, 10/26
The second guest artist for the Iowa trombone studio this year is Professor Moises Paiewonsky from the University of Arizona. Paiewonsky will present two events that are open to the public: Monday 10/25/10, 7:30 PM in the UCC Recital Hall – Trombone Quartet Coaching Masterclass Tuesday 10/26/10, 7:30 PM in the UCC Recital Hall –…
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Ko-ichiro Yamamoto Recording
For those that were unable to get a copy of Ko-ichiro’s newest album, Ballade, due to quantity limitations, it is now available via iTunes. This new album features the following pieces: Piece in Eb Minor – J. Guy Ropartz Ballade – Frank Martin Suite No. 2 for Violincello – J.S. Bach From You – Aron…
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Success!!
Tonight’s recital with guest Ko-ichiro Yamamoto and Chiao-Wen Cheng was a massive success. The recital hall was filled to capacity and Mr. Yamamoto received a very warm response with several curtain calls. He responded in kind with two encores. Thank you, Ko-ichiro, for coming to the University of Iowa and making the first in our…
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iOS Apps: iReal Book
iReal Book app has been around since the beginning of the App Store. The app provides the chord changes for all the tunes in the classic Real Book (plus hundreds more!); the app does not, however, provide the head (melody). A massive update to the app last week takes this app from interesting and possibly…
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Web Resources vol 4, continued: Ariama
Today, Sony launched Ariama, their classical-music-only answer to iTunes. Similar to CDbaby, Ariama allows you choose a digital download or a physical cd. Where is gets interesting is in the bit-rate. Digital music requires compression of the file to shrink the audio file. Audiophiles have long hated MP3’s and M4a codecs. Ariama allows for a…
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