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On August 27, 2022, the trombone section of the Northshore Concert Band (Evanston, Illinois) performed the National Anthem at a Chicago White Sox/Arizona Diamondbacks Major League Baseball game at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois. Conducted by Douglas Yeo, the NCB trombones—tenor trombonists Andy Burkemper, Mitchell Clark, Greg Glover, Brad Say, Joe Schorer, Bryan Tipps,…
Trombonist Ben McIlwain’s solo debut album, “indefatigable,” has dropped! The album includes recordings of the following works for trombone that he commissioned: Alan Theisen’s Symphony No. 2 for Clarinet, Trombone, and Piano (featuring Jacqueline McIlwain, clarinet) Joe Buono’s Elegy James David‘s Secure.Contain.Protect – Sonata for Trombone and Piano Charles Ingram’s Sonatina Joshua Mize‘s Galaxy Unknown…
The 26th Annual North Carolina Trombone Festival will be held January 21st, 2023 at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Designed for trombonists of all ages, the festival cultivates fellowship through clinics, presentations, solo recitals, and ensemble performances. Participants have opportunities to join esteemed faculty from North Carolina and the greater region in a…
At the end of June 2022, the ITA Board of Advisors voted to affirm the nominations from the Standing Committee on Governance of the following ITA Executive Board members: Dr. Bradley Palmer, Chair, and Dr. Keith Jackson, Vice Chair. Dr. Palmer was previously Vice Chair while Chris Shook is continuing in his role as Secretary-Treasurer….
The University of Illinois School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Douglas Yeo as Clinical Associate Professor of Trombone for the 2022–2023 academic year. From 1985-2012, Professor Yeo was bass trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Prior to that, he was a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, a free-lance musician in…
Dr. Oscar Diaz working with participants. Photo submitted by Iris Llanos Last June, the University Trombone Biennial took place at the Faculty of Music of the UNAM, located in Mexico City. More than 60 participants from all over the country gathered to participate in this event. Featured guest artists include Blair Bollinger, bass trombone of…
Antonio García completed his 35th year of full-time university teaching in May 2022, including posts at Northern Illinois, Northwestern, and Virginia Commonwealth universities, directing jazz programs for 27 of those years. He and his wife, Mary, are moving back to their native New Orleans in Summer 2022 so as to reunite with their family there, where…
After a 41 year tenure, Elliot Chasanov is retiring as Professor of Trombone at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Highlights include hosting the 1997 ITA festival, solo tours to Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Poland, and placing students in major orchestras, DC bands, college and public school positions. He started his career as Principal…
The Carsten Svanberg Trombone Seminar was held at Boston University from May 30-June 2, 2022. During the week, students attended clinics, lessons, and masterclasses. As part of the seminar, Svanberg and Don Lucas, Trombone Professor at Boston University, performed a recital that included works by Cibulka, Verdi, Jørgensen, and Andraschek. The event concluded with a…
Over Memorial Day weekend 2022, 51 alumni of the McDonald’s All-American High School Band from 32 states gathered for a reunion and performances as the All-American Alumni Band (established in 2019). Between 1967 and 1992, McDonald’s Corporation selected two high school seniors from each state and Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands,…