Really beautiful alto trombone playing! Added the following two clips to the 18th Century Timeline of Michael Mulcahy’s solo premiere with the Chicago Symphony, playing Leopold Mozart’s Concerto. Mulcahy’s alto playing encompasses many of the best elements writers have historically found in the alto trombone (see Alto Quotes): purity (Kastner, 1839); soft brilliancy (William Alexander [...]
Anechoic Recordings: A Different Kind of Chamber Music
June 9, 2010 By 4 Comments
Over the past several weeks I’ve been assisting a colleague, Dr. Timothy Leishman, BYU Professor of Acoustics, to complete a series of anechoic chamber recordings. The recordings are for a grant from the Institute for Scientific Research in Music and will be used in the study of the acoustic properties of musical instruments. My role [...]
Trombone History: Another E-flat Alto Trombone Source
April 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Added the following to the Trombone History Timeline (19th century), Alto Trombone History Timeline, and Alto in Treatises pages. Notice that, as with the vast majority of written sources, the alto trombone is not only in the key of E-flat, but is also the only trombone shown in alto clef. 1870—London, England: Adam Wirth’s trombone [...]
Bethlehem Moravians in Trombone History
February 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The influence of the Moravians on the history of the trombone has been widely documented. For entries in the timeline, for example, see 1754, 1760, 1763, 1765, 1767, 1768, 1770, 1771, 1781, 1783, 1822, 1874, 1903, and 1944. More entries will undoubtedly be forthcoming as I continue to add to the timeline. I recently added [...]
Alto Trombone Makes the Papers: More Primary Sources from the 19th Century
January 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I recently added 3 entries to the 19th Century Timeline (1st half, 2nd half) and Alto Trombone History Timeline from 19th-Century American newspapers. All three entries deal with the alto trombone. Two are from advertisements, the other a report of a fire. In terms of key, the advertisement from Dodworth of New York actually specifies “alto [...]
Peace and Calm: New Compilation CD
January 7, 2010 By 2 Comments
Gabriel Faure’s “Pie Jesu,” arranged for alto trombone and organ, originally recorded for my solo CD, Collage, is now featured on a compilation CD by Tantara Records titled Escape to a Place of Peace and Calm. I don’t have the CD available on this site yet, but it can be purchased directly from Tantara here. [...]