Category Archives: Stories from the Stage
Subterranean Summer Reading Club
The orchestra started rehearsals for the Charlottetown Festival last Thursday, and we were thrown straight into the fire – a gruelling 7 rehearsals in 3 days. And just so things wouldn’t get stale, we had our first show on Monday. … Continue reading →
Music for Wilderness Lake
I love playing the trombone, and I love being outdoors, so when I can do both at the same time, it’s a good day. And although I don’t have to worry about bothering neighbours here, there doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading →
Dancing Trombones
Performing Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker was an annual tradition for the Hamilton Philharmonic, and our low brass section used to have a great time down in the pit where no one could see us. My last year with the HPO, I took … Continue reading →
Mozart Requiem – Unplugged
One of the greatest trombone solos in the entire orchestral repertoire appears in the Tuba mirum of Mozart’s Requiem. I’ve gotten to play the Requiem about a dozen times, and I never get tired of it – it is so … Continue reading →
Mus euphoniumus
I came across this interview with Stephen Saunders, bass trombonist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, by Matt Guilford, bass trombonist with the National Symphony Orchestra, in which Saunders’ recounts his strangest experience as a performer. It is a horrifying tale … Continue reading →
Jazz invades the PEI Symphony, and Anne throws down the gauntlet!
This past Sunday was the PEI Symphony’s pops concert featuring jazz pianist Doug Riley (along with Chris Mitchell, sax; Jamie Gatti, bass; and Alan Dowling, drums) in Doug’s own “Concerto” for jazz piano and orchestra, The PEI Suite. Doug and … Continue reading →
Ruckus Over Rachmaninov
A couple of weeks ago, I played on the PEI Symphony’s first concert of the season. On the program were Glinka’s Russlan and Ludmilla Overture, Kalinnikov’s 2nd Symphony (which I’d never played before), and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of … Continue reading →
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