Welcome to the site and thank you for checking it out. As a supplement to the release of my CD "Best of Friends", as well as future recordings, my goal is to make this website an access point for information about the new pieces I have commissioned, the composers who wrote them and other music they have written. As I add links and information, I hope this will be a useful resource for people interested in music for trombonists. I also urge others to take the initiative and seek out composers who might be intrigued by the idea of writing in a different medium. There is always room for interesting, new trombone music that allows for more people to realize the full potential of an instrument which is often given a secondary role at best!
This web site is an extension of the promise I made to composers to make their works known and accessible to others. I do not want these works to be added to the stacks of music that have been performed once or twice and then filed away lost and/or forgotten.
The photos I have included are an effort to share my experiences and opportunities with others. It is a great privilege to play and work with many great musicians in Los Angeles and I thought this might be a good place to share images of these folks at work and play.
If you don't know it already, the process for a second CD is underway. I have commissioned works for trombone from Nick Lane, John Steinmetz, Adrienne Albert, Bill Cunliffe, Bill Reichenbach, Steve Williams and Craig Russell. Two of the new works, "Fourteen Prayers" by John Steinmetz and "Hoi Polloi" by Nick Lane, are being premiered and performed in four recitals in late October. Please check the events page for more information. I intend to record all of these works after several performances of each. Information about them and their composers will be added to the website as it becomes available so visit again, enjoy and let me know what you think.
The CD "Best of Friends" is available for purchase online at www.amazon.com, www.cdbaby.com, www.hickeys.com and tapmusic.com.
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