In a typical Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concert, principal trombonist Megumi Kanda is in the back with the other brass players. But in Tan Dun's "Three Muses in Video Game," the trombone is the hero ...

Trombone soloist Jörgen van Rijen performs with guest conductor Aziz Shokhakimov and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerson Symphony Center on April 10, 2025. Sylvia Elzafon / Dallas Symphony ...

On Jan. 10, the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra delivered another in the ever-popular “Beethoven and Blue Jeans” series. A creation of Music Director Peter Rubardt, the January concerts bring brilliance ...

Seungyoo-Kim-Jung The Santa Barbara Symphony has announced the winners of its 2026 Youth Concerto Competition, following live auditions held Jan, 25 at ...

Then came a stroke of luck. Free got into conversation with an American pianist, who was over recording the Gershwin concerto with the RSNO and was an ardent enthusiast of Shilkret's music. "He ...

Legend has it that renowned trumpeter Max Schlossberg once said, “missing a day of practice is like committing suicide.” His pupil at The Juilliard School, Joseph Alessi Sr., passed along rehearsal’s ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick The jazz composer wrote a new concerto for the New York Philharmonic’s principal trombonist, Joseph Alessi, but died before its U.S.

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra bass trombone Charles Vernon didn’t think small when he asked composer James Stephenson to write a concerto for him. “I said: ‘I want something that’s this wonderful piece, ...

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