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Alex Iles, If You Could Only Have One Trombonist On A Desert Island…..

Forget about Alex being on the Paul McCartney’s video recording, “My Very Good Friend, the (trombone-playing) Milkman”. Forget about him playing trombone for Woody Herman and Maynard Ferguson before becoming a Los Angeles recording studio standout. Don’t even think about … Continue reading

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Pre-Elementary Method For Trombone and Trumpet Reboot!

UNDER CONSTRUCTION! david brubeck.com has ended our three-year relationship with our former, plastic-instrument-manufacturing, sponsor. We wish them the best, and thank them for their past support. September 2016, should bring brand-new, much improved and expanded versions of the “5-minute lessons … Continue reading

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A Trombonist’s Tale…”1385″ tm Features Master Teacher Peter EllefsonPeter Ellefson

At any given time, there are a handful of universities that seem to be the most desired destinations and training grounds for young, accomplished trombonists; Northwestern University (NU) and Indiana University (IU) seem to be perennially at the top of … Continue reading

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NEW ARRANGEMENTS, NEW VIDEO, DUO BRUBECK, LIVE IN CONCERT!

No sooner had DUO BRUBECK finished its premiere at Kendall’s Arts & Letters Day Festival last Spring, when we had been invited back to launch the following years festival-this is the result. Both Guitar Masters Lippincott and Farber are on … Continue reading

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JOHN MARCELLUS & FIVE CENTURIES OF “TROMBONERY”, BRIEFLY INTERRUPTEDunnamed

You may have heard of John Marcellus. Certainly, almost any trombonist next to you has. Perhaps, as Principal Trombonist with the National or Chautauqua Symphony Orchestras. Perhaps, as a soloist with the Eastman Brass Quintet or the United States Navy … Continue reading

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Listen In, As Steve Norrell Is Invited to Share Kleinhammer Sonata at NY ITA Festival!

After performing the New York premiere of the Edward Kleinhammer Sonata in recital at the Manhattan School of Music in November of 2015 with pianist Hanako Yamagata, bass trombone virtuoso Steve Norrell has been invited to encore the sonata at … Continue reading

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“Seven Positions” tm Keeps Moving, as Jason Sulliman Joins Bass Trombone to BLAST! With Kinesiology…….

Jason Sulliman is a bass trombonist with a passion and a purpose. Original cast memebr for BLAST!, and now its conductor and manager, Jason has explored symphonic and commercial music with aplomb and sought to integrate his personal experiences as … Continue reading

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Kendall Campus Trombonist, Guillermo Ramirez, Tours with BLAST!

In the world of drum corps, BLAST! is legend. Blast, along with EPCOT’s Future Corps, is one of but two drum corps to transition into a professional ensemble. The championship drum corps BLAST, formerly known as Star of Indiana, began … Continue reading

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DUO BRUBECK, Tuesday April 5th at 7:00 pm at the MDC Kendall Campus Coffee House sunfe162

New stuff you haven’t heard before, from DUO BRUBECK or anyone else! Sizzling standards include brand new jazz arrangements of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” and Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “How Insensitive” alongside the music of the Beatles, Ellington and Jule Styne. Simmering … Continue reading

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Center City Brass host MDC Romero Brass at Weston Christian Academy

Cleveland Orchestra Hornist Richard King, Pittsburgh Symphony tubist Craig Knox, and Hollywood Trumpeter and Film Composer Anthony DiLorenza have been together since their student days at The Curtis Institute of Music where they petitioned the Curtis administration for a brass … Continue reading

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Dan Perantoni and “THE FOURTH VALVE” tm, A Beautiful ThingUnknown

Dan Perantoni has a habit of being involved with first-rate musical organizations, and one suspects that he just might have something to do with their successes. It may have begun when he started studying tuba with the legendary Paganini of … Continue reading

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Triton Brass Visits “FIVE!” & Heralds Tritantic Summer Workshop

After fourteen years, Trtion released its first cd, “Triton Brass”, which was celebrated with their first performance in New York City. Triton Brass has re-emerged, like a fine wine whose best vintage is yet to come. Re-tooled with bass trombone … Continue reading

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