Jazz in the Alps

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Enjoy traditional jazz? How about the French Alps? How about the two together? The New Hot 5, a traditional Dixieland ensemble I recently joined, will be performing at Festival Jazz en Vercors, a jazz festival held in 6 villages in the French Alps. It runs July 30 through August 7, and the New Hot 5 [...]

Trombone with Utah Chamber Orchestra/Ballet West

Quick little piece of self-congratulatory news: Last Saturday I was fortunate to win the principal trombone position with the Utah Chamber Orchestra/Ballet West. The orchestra is based in Salt Lake City and performs 70 services a year for Ballet West. The 2nd trombone position, which was also open, was won by Steve Hunter, a BYU [...]

Another Milestone–Over 4,000 Visits in September!

After exceeding 2,000 visits for the first time last November (2009), then topping 3,000 in March (2010), the website got more than 4,000 visits for the first time last month. Specifically, there were 4,140 visits from 112 different contries/territories in September. Top 5 countries in visits were US, UK, Canada, Brazil, and Italy. Glad there’s [...]

Vote for Trombone Article on HubPages

Not sure what to make of this, or why they would want to feature a trombone article, but I got the notice shown below today from HubPages. So, if you get a minute and you’re so inclined, I would love a vote (you go to the second link–Entertainment and Media). Thanks! We’re happy to inform [...]

College Music Professor: Among the Best and the Worst

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Not long ago, Money Magazine ranked college professor as #3 among the Best Jobs in America. Now comes this interesting study by Payscale, Inc., showing music as one of the worst-paying college degrees. Not a contradiction, necessarily (there are numerous aspects of both studies that one could discuss), but intriguing to think about!

New Milestone–Over 3,000 Visits in March!

Just looking over March’s Google Analytics (website stats I get once a month) and noticed that the site topped 3,000 visits for the first time. After eclipsing 2,000 for the first time in November, it reached the next thousand pretty quickly. I doubt this trend will continue, but it has been fun to see that [...]

Gramophone Magazine

I was recently contacted by an editor from Gramophone Magazine who expressed interest in using some of the images from the 17th century timeline in an upcoming issue. Nice honor. Seems that some of the paintings, especially, are not widely known.

CD Cover Art

Just noticed today that the cover jacket for Christian Lindberg’s new CD, The Baroque Trombone, released last September, uses one of the images included in the Trombone History Timeline. The image, shown below, was added to the 17th century timeline in October 2008. I came across the painting for the first time while tracking down another [...]

Peace and Calm: New Compilation CD

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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. [...]