For Immediate Release:
Trombones at Tech, the TTU Trombone Choir, along with the Bryan Symphony Orchestra,
TTU’s Center Stage Guest Artist Series, and the Office of Student Activities are
proud to present a week of trombone related activities.
Events begin on Tuesday morning, November 13th at 11:05 AM with a radio broadcast by The
Slide Company, a jazz trombone group featuring TTU Associate Professor of Trombone, Dr.
Joshua Hauser, along with Nashville mainstays Roy Agee, Barry Green and Bill Huber,
trombones, Bruce Dudley, piano, Tony Nagy, bass, and Bob Mater, drums. Joining the
group will be special guest artist Joseph Alessi of
the New York Philharmonic. This will be broadcast live on WPLN radio’s Live
in Studio C at 11:06 AM with a rebroadcast at 8:06 PM.
Following that, Alessi will be holding a masterclass on Thursday morning, November 15th at
11 AM in the Bryan Fine Arts Building on the TTU campus. On Friday, November 16th,
he will be performing the great Trombone Soloist Arthur Pryor’s Air Varie for
trombone and band with the TTU Symphony Band under the direction of Joseph Hermann at 7:30
PM in the newly relit Wattenbarger Auditorium.
After the concert, The Slide Company will present a live show at The Library, located on
On Saturday, November 17th, TTU will be hosting an all day Trombone Extravaganza. Alessi
will hold another masterclass from 10-12, followed by lunch, a large trombone ensemble
reading session and a series of mini-concerts by visiting trombone ensembles. At 7:30 PM, Alessi will perform a solo recital accompanied by Paul
Thurmond on Piano. The 2nd half of the concert will feature the TTU Trombone Choir,
directed by Joshua Hauser and Joseph Alessi performing works by Brahms, John Stevens,
Glenn Martin, and TTU Professor of Composition, Greg Danner.
“We are delighted to be hosting this event and are over the moon that we were able to
bring down Joe Alessi,” says Hauser. “I have had the opportunity to work
with him a couple of times over the years and he is truly one of the finest musicians on
the planet. These concerts and masterclasses should be of interest to any music fan,
not just trombone enthusiasts. We are very fortunate to have Center Stage, Student
Activities and the BSO working together to help us sponsor Alessi’s residency.”
“We are also using this weekend to launch our new Trombone
Choir CD, recorded last spring and only just released. The recording includes new
works by myself, Greg Danner, TTU Alumnus Glenn Martin, and a work from 1980 written for
the ensemble by TTU Alum Aldo Forte. This project was done entirely by the students
and is a testament to all of their hard work last year. We took on some very
difficult literature and the put together a great product. I am really proud of them
all.”
The weekend finishes with a performance of the Stephen Gryc Passaggi for trombone
and orchestra, performed by Alessi with the Bryan Symphony Orchestra, Dan Allcott,
Conductor.
“We encourage you to join us for any or all of this outstanding weekend of brass
playing,” says Hauser.
High resolution photos available at: http://www.tntech.edu/brass/trombone/choir.asp
and http://www.josephalessi.com
See the photo at: http://www.josephalessi.com/gallery/Recording-Sessions/aaf
for a shot of Alessi playing Arthur Pryor’s trombone!!!
Arete' for Trombone Choir or Ensemble by Glenn Martin