Gabriel Faure’s “Pie Jesu,” arranged for alto trombone and organ, originally recorded for my solo CD, Collage, is now featured on a compilation CD by Tantara Records titled Escape to a Place of Peace and Calm. I don’t have the…
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Google Analytics Update: 2,000-Plus Visits!
I mentioned a month ago that at the end of every month I get a website report from Google called “Google Analytics.” The report details all sorts of things, including how many visits the site had that month, which pages…
Google Analytics Tidbits: Sneaking up on 2,000
At the end of every month I get a website report from Google called “Google Analytics.” It details all sorts of things, including how many visits the site had that month, which pages are getting viewed most, which countries people…
College Professor Among Best Jobs in America
I was a little surprised to see College Professor listed as #3 in Money Magazine’s “50 Best Jobs in America” (Nov 2009). I love my job, but I have never really seen it as one of those high-paying or “trendy”…
Note from Adam Woolf, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
I got a nice note about the site from Adam Woolf, alto and tenor sackbut player in His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts and a number of other prominent early music ensembles. He is currently working on a sackbut tutor, the…
Big Brass Brain
On October 24th I’ll be premiering a work at the Bowling Green New Music Festival with trombonist Bill Mathis. The piece, by BYU composer Steven Ricks, is called “Force of the Mind,” and is written for 2 trombones and electronics….
Notes from the Netherlands and St. Louis
I received a very kind note from Hans Mons of the Netherlands, whose website on the dulcian, a predecessor of the bassoon, is extremely informative (see, especially, the section on iconography). I also received a nice note from Jonathan Reycraft, trombonist…
Barlow Prize Announced: New Concerto to be Premiered by Joseph Alessi
The Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University has announced Benjamin Ellin as winner of the 2009 Barlow Prize, which includes a $20,000 cash prize and a commission to compose a new concerto for trombone and orchestra. The…
Site Cited in Historic Brass Society Journal
I was browsing through the latest issue of the Historic Brass Society Journal yesterday and was happy to come across the below reference in “Correspondence” by Stanford professor Herbert W. Myers. The context of the citation was a discussion of…
Judging a Trombone Concerto Composition Competition
Spent the last 2 days judging a composition competition. The Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University, in celebration of its 25th anniversary, is sponsoring an international competition with a $20,000 prize and commission for a new trombone…