Music Practice Resources
Trombone technique:
Gabriele Marchetti – Fantastic Italian orchestral trombonist. This is my favorite resource on trombone technique
Joe Alessi – a collection of videos by the principal trombonist of NY Philharmonic
Ian Bousfield – former principal trombonist of Vienna Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra
Christian Lindberg – all of his Trombone Tips from his quarterly Video Diary
Brass players in recording/scoring sessions
(full listing on YouTube playlist)
Interviews with brass players:
Brass Chats – Excellent interview series, hosted by Monster Oil (valve oil) – Joe Alessi (principal trombone, NY Philharmonic) and Chris Martin (principal trumpet, NY Philharmonic) are good ones to start with
Bone2Pick – Interview series hosted by legendary NY trombone freelancer Michael Davis
Toby Oft – good interview with the principal trombone of Boston Symphony
Sarah’s Horn Hangouts – by Sarah Willis, French horn player with Berlin Philharmonic
Exceptional performances:
Trombone:
Christian Lindberg – the best classical trombone soloist in the world, in my book
Aleksey Lobikov – finalist performance for 2019 Tchaikovsky Competition
Lionel Fumeaux – Swiss bass trombonist
Ian Bousfield – my favorite orchestral trombonist, playing Frank Martin’s “Ballade”
Pavlo Titiaiev - excellent Polish trombonist playing Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 on alto trombone
Orchestral Excerpts
James Markey – bass trombone, Boston Symphony
Matthew Gee – principal trombone, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Aurora Orchestra (London) – six different live-performance versions of Bolero, emulating six different players
Katy Jones – London Symphony – excerpt masterclass
http://tromboneexcerpts.org/
https://www.brassexcerpts.com/trombone/downloads/
Brass Ensembles
Gothenburg Symphony (Sweden) Brass
Mnozil Brass
General recommended YouTube videos
An evolving YouTube playlist
Software and apps
Audacity – free, open-source, multitrack digital audio recording software
Anytune – excellent transcription app for iOS
Pop-up Piano – free, simple online piano keyboard
Tonal Energy – tuner, metronome, sound analyzer, recording, etc
iReal Pro – the go-to digital jazz Real Book
Also, you can listen to my recording samples or check out some more videos of my favorite trombonists:
Wycliffe Gordon
Marshall Gilkes
Elliot Mason
Christian Lindberg
Ray Anderson
Dave Taylor
Andre Hayward
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