Author Archives: David Brubeck

Thanks to a generous grant from the Arts in Medicine Program of The Cleveland Clinic-Florida and anonymous donors, The Rutter Chamber Music Initiative has been able to provide free volumes of Introductory Stereograms A-M to students in South Florida High … Continue reading →

The 2014 International Tuba & Euphonium Conference celebrates its 30th anniversary at Indiana University later this month and will feature an All Stereogram Recital featuring special guests: Kelly Thomas, Tuba; Patrick Nyren, Euphonium; Beth Mitchell, Tuba; & the composer of … Continue reading →

Beth Mitchell is an active Los Angeles freelancer, having worked with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Orange County Philharmonic Societies, the Los Angeles Zipper Orchestra, and many other arts groups giving concerts, masterclasses and numerous solo and chamber recitals around … Continue reading →

Many of the early instrumental solo virtuosi, (usually violinists or keyboardists), eventually secured lasting fame as composers first, and virtuosi second. Before sound recording, composition was the surest way for the early virtuoso to secure more enduring recognition. Perhaps the … Continue reading →

An award winning bass trombonist and sponsored artist for Jupiter ‘XO”, Jennifer Wharton has burst upon the New York Scene with a flurry of top drawer performances. And, in the tradition of Melba Liston and Leslie Havens, she has done … Continue reading →

Ranked among the first call tubists in the top recording city of Los Angeles, John Van Houten is no stranger to playing on a variety of instruments and in a number of different styles. Best known as a tubist, contractor … Continue reading →

When TROMBA, The Ultimate Plastic Trombone, asked me to adapt some of my elementary trombone materials for their young trombonists, I leapt at the chance to introduce a concept of melodies restricted to a minor third, and four consecutive positions-initially … Continue reading →

Four Elements (World Premiere) for Trumpet and Trombone. . . . . . . . Elizabeth Raum I. Water II. Earth III. Air IV. Fire Brian Neal, Trumpet David Brubeck, Bass Trombone A new setting of the Canadian composer’s “Four … Continue reading →

Erik van Lier is one of Europe’s great bass trombonists, a thinking man’s musician, and a keen observer. A dynamo in his own right, he has accompanied some of the best jazz musicians in the world, and was a member … Continue reading →

Massimo (Max) Pirone has steadily imagined more and more for his beloved bass trombone, and achieved it! Though a multi-faceted performer whose talent alights on tenor trombone, bass trombone and tuba, Pirone seems to have settled his heart firmly on … Continue reading →