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Christian Jones gave the world premiere of Benjamin Ellin’s Gresley on October 7, 2021 with the Orchestra of Opera North. The piece is the first bass trombone concerto commissioned by a professional British orchestra for one of its members. Gresley was also sponsored by Conn-Selmer Inc. and the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust.
To learn more about the concerto and hear a sample, please visit Opera North’s website.
Please visit Benjamin Ellin’s website to learn more about him and his compositions.
Dr. Joseph L. Jefferson was awarded the 2022 Ellis Marsalis, Jr. Jazz Educator of the Year Award from the Jazz Educator Network. The award, named after the legendary jazz educator, recognizes an outstanding elementary, middle, or high school educator with a focus on jazz education, who represents the highest standards of teaching and whose results in the classroom have brought distinction to their institution and their students.
Dr. Jefferson is Director of Jazz Studies and Assistant Professor of Trombone/Euphonium at Southeast Missouri State University. Well-versed in jazz and classical, he maintains an active schedule as a performer and educator, both nationally and internationally.
Visit Jazz Education Network’s website to learn more about all the award recipients from 2022.
For more information on Dr. Jefferson, please visit his website.
Congratulations Dr. Jefferson!
The Department of Music Performance Studies, Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University, invites applications for a full-time, probationary (tenure-track) appointment in Trombone at the rank of Assistant Professor. The anticipated start date will be July 1, 2022.
Candidates should submit a comprehensive curriculum vitae and a letter of application that addresses creative/scholarly work, teaching, studio recruitment, and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Online links to audio and/or video samples of recent performances and a video sample of applied lesson teaching (at least 15 minutes) are also required.
The deadline for applications is March 2, 2022.
The full announcement can be found here: https://www.uwo.ca/facultyrelations/careers/Music_Trombone-Job-Posting-2022.pdf
Questions can also be sent to Dr. Sophie Roland, chair, Department of Performance Studies: sroland2@uwo.ca or Dr. Aaron Hodgson, trumpet professor: ahodgson@uwo.ca.
To run alongside the recently announced Membership Gift Certificate, ITA would like to take this opportunity to add the new developed Membership Assistance Program (MAP).
The ITA Executive Board would like to thank Per Brevig, much respected former Metropolitan Opera Principal and holder of three ITA Awards for his suggestion and hope that this addition will enable members and supporters to assist less advantaged trombonists all over the globe to benefit from being part of this organization.
The MAP allows you to sponsor a fellow trombone player with an ITA membership. Your generosity will allow deserving trombone players with limited means to enjoy the benefits of an ITA membership.
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Arthur Pryor was a celebrated soloist with John Philip Sousa’s band. His recordings as a soloist are some of the earliest known to feature solo trombone. Douglas Yeo, retired bass trombonist with the Boston Symphony, has just published a blog post about a recently discovered trombone recording. The recording, Romance for Trombone with “Military Band, Washington D.C.,” was recorded on May 27, 1897, which is more than a month before Pryor’s first known records.
Mr. Yeo’s research is important as it helps shed light on trombone playing and recording practices from the late nineteenth century.
To read the complete blog post, please visit Mr. Yeo’s website, The Last Trombone.
Seattle Symphony is holding auditions for bass trombone. Employment begins September 2022 or by mutual agreement.
By Friday, February 11th, 2022, please send one-page resume listing:
Resumes will be reviewed as they are received and accepted no later than February 11th.
Send resume to Audition.Resumes@SeattleSymphony.org. Please write “Bass Trombone Auditions” in the subject line of the email and include your resume as a Word or PDF file.
For further information, please visit Seattle Symphony’s website.
Ouachita Baptist University announces an opening for Assistant Professor of Low Brass. The successful candidate will teach applied trombone, euphonium, and tuba and other courses as assigned. He or she will provide academic advising to music majors, participate in faculty governance, and recruit instrumental students.
This is a tenure-track appointment, beginning in August of 2022. The successful candidate will be an experienced musician with a record of successful college-level teaching experience and evidence of creative activity/research in performance, music theory, or musicology. An earned doctorate in music or ABD status are necessary.
The full announcement is found here: Low Brass Position Announcement 2022
For further questions, email Dr. Craig Hamilton, chair of the Low Brass Search Committee.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce the release of “History of the CSO Brass – Legacy of Excellence” on YouTube and CSOtv.
From the flyer: “Join CSO trumpet John Hagstrom to explore the history of the CSO Brass. You’ll hear the sound of a few historical CSO instruments and hear stories from some of the most famous CSO brass musicians, including Adolph Herseth, Dale Clevenger, Jay Friedman and Arnold Jacobs, as they explain their part in creating the transformational energy that only the CSO can deliver.”
The Baylor Trombone Studio has a Graduate Assistantship (MM Performance) opening for the Fall of 2022. The assistantship is available to tenor trombone only.
The duties include:
This assistantship provides:
The GA candidate will also have the opportunity to serve as second trombone in the Waco Symphony Orchestra pending the approval of Mr. Phillips, the music director and union membership.
Applications are due by February 1st. Please visit the Baylor Trombone website for more information. Contact Professor Brent Phillips, Professor of Trombone, with any further questions.
Thomas Bough is composing a new concerto for bass trombone and band. The solo part will be scored at the professional level, while the band parts will be scored at a 3.5-4.0 level of difficulty. The music will be composed, scored and typset during the early months of 2022. It will be available for performance by the summer of 2022. A piano reduction will be published as well, making the music accessible for recital or festival performance.
Please contact the composer for more information. There are variable levels of buy-in for the commission.