Iowa Trombone Studio

Author: Jonathan Allen

  • Listen to Joseph Alessi Playing John Mackey’s Harvest Concerto

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    John Mackey recently posted streaming audio of the September 26, 2010 performance by Joseph Alessi, Principal Trombone of the New York Philharmonic, of John Mackey’s new Harvest Concerto with the University of Texas, Austin Wind Ensemble under the direction of Jerry Junkin. Listen and follow the trombone solo part or the score on John Mackey’s…

  • For Iowa Students: Naxos Streaming iPhone App

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    As soon as I finished the tutorial on accessing Naxos, I remembered that Naxos has developed an iPhone/iPod Touch app. I tried the app several months ago, but could not get it to work. The app does not allow for a proxy login in the same way as when you access Naxos through a desktop…

  • For Iowa Students: Naxos Music Streaming

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    The University of Iowa Music Library purchases a subscription to several online music streaming services. The largest of these is Naxos. Naxos contains hundred of works for the trombone, including many of the full albums of Swedish virtuoso Christian Lindberg. To access the Naxos streaming website: 1) Go to the Rita Benton Music Library website.…

  • How to Properly Clean Your Slide

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    The previous article about the bacteria found in trombones led me to find this video of Christian Griego from the Edwards company showing how to properly clean a slide.

  • Clean Your Horn!

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    NPR story about health issues related to not cleaning your instrument. The finding are presented in this months publication of Chest (medical journal). Incidentally, these stories were published on the same day that the folks at Edwards blogged this:

  • 2011 ITA Competitions Posted

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    Information for the 2011 International Trombone Association competitions have been posted here.

  • Guest Artists

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    The guest artists for the Fall 2010 semester are set! We have a very exciting line up of Ko-ichiro Yamamoto, Moises Paiewonsky, and Dr. Donn Schaefer. Go here to learn more about the artists as well as their dates of residency here at the University of Iowa.

  • Alumni Success

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    Congratulations to Dr. Joshua Bynum, new Professor of Trombone at the University of Georgia! Dr. Bynum most recently served as Professor of Low Brass at Ouachita Baptist University and Principal Trombone of the Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Bynum was awarded the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of Iowa in December of…

  • Student Success

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    Congratulations to Iowa Doctoral Candidate Casey Thomas on his recent appointment as Low Brass Instructor at Ouachita Baptist University! Mr. Thomas has most recently been the Low Brass Instructor and Assistant Band Director at Cornell College and has led the Eastern Iowa Brass Band for the past several years. Casey was also selected to participate…

  • Student Success

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    Congratulations to Iowa graduate student Jessica DuCharme, student of Dr. David Gier and teaching assistant to the trombone studio, for winning the Grand Prize at the recent Southeastern Trombone Symposium! Her prize was a brand new Shires trombone. Jessica performed the Tomasi Concerto in the final round. Jessica holds the Bachelor of Music degree from…