Thursday Rehearsal

Greetings All Hope everyone had a great summer.  We start up again this Thursday, with some exciting performance opportunities including a Cathedral concert in Dec., Christmas in the Park, and other possibilities we'll discuss at rehearsal.  Our rehearsal site is changed to Westmont High School, 4805 Westmont Avenue, Campbell, CA 95008-5725.  Our host, Dan Naylor, will meet us in front at 7:30 p.m. and guide us to our rehearsal facility.  See you then for some great music!

A fond farewell

1.  We'd like to bid one of our founding members, Drew Erickson, former Band Director of Santa Clara High School, a very fond farewell and best wishes for him and his family as they make a new life in Arizona.  We'd like to thank him greatly for his generosity in allowing us to use his band room all these years for rehearsals, his hard work and dedication not only for us but for all of his students, and his remarkable musicianship.  He will be sorely missed. 2.  Rehearsals will continue on Thursday nights at 7:30 p.m. at Santa Clara High through the summer with a formal concert still planned before school starts.  More activities are being planned for the group, including a concert at the large St. Joseph's Cathedral in downtown San Jose that may also incorporate members of the San Jose State trombone ensemble.  Stay tuned. 3.  Our library continues to grow (over 150 great pieces) with more people writing and supplying the group with more wonderful charts! See you Thursday.

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La Flor de Canela

Hope we can work on this (and others) Thursday.  Here's our arrangement played by a quartet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD3A2-r1eiE Here's a more traditional version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsA8nqzGUSE See you Thursday!

SJSU Trombone Choir Concert

Here's a message from Professor Tom Hornig, trombone instructor at San Jose State University:   We have another trombone event next Monday April 11 at 7:30. The SJSU Trombone Choir will have its spring concert then. I will be performing a solo on that program, and we will be featuring a trombone quartet from Amador High School in Pleasanton. This high school quartet is really special, and that they all are from one high school is remarkable. I believe their performance could prove to be very inspiring for young players. The concert is free. Instructors, be sure to let your students know about this performance. We'll talk about carpooling, etc. at rehearsal Thursday night.

SBTC to play St. Joseph's Cathedral

We have recently been invited to play Dec. 12 of this year at St. Joseph's Cathedral in downtown San Jose, a 45 - 55 minute concert to raise money for the homeless.  It will be part of a series of concerts there leading up to Christmas Eve and starting Dec. 11 with the Symphony Silicon Valley (the former San Jose Symphony).  This is a Monday evening but it will allow us to do the antiphonal works as they should be performed.  Please mark it on your calendar and join us Thursday nights as, hopefully,  we will be performing throughout the year.

Trombone Recital

Tom Hornig is a professional soloist with major symphonies, trombone professor at San Jose State, and conductor of their trombone ensemble.  This should not be missed!   I'm giving a faculty recital on  Monday April 4 at 7:30pm: San Jose State University Concert Hall.    Hope to see you there. Thanks, Tom Hornig "Trombone with Strings Attached" Tom Hornig, tenor and alto trombones with: Liana Berube, violin Dawn Harms, violin Darcy Rindt, viola Elizabeth Vandervennet, cello The program is mainly music for trombone and strings, plus one piece for trombone alone, and one piece for trombone with recorded synth sounds. Salve Regina           Georg Reutter Field of the Dead     Sergei Prokofiev Serenade                Vincent Persichetti Improvisation No. 1  Enrique Crespo Juliet Letters           Elvis Costello Life Cycles             Jeff Beal

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More of us on Youtube

1.  Thanks to Donna for the video postings of the small group performance at the retirement home.  Great job!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFhUDbwY1HI 2.  Hans Horn sent us a bass trombonists needed note:  Do you have any classical-friendly bass trombones in your little black  book of trombonists?  Coastside Community Orchestra is looking for a  bass trombone for a concert on Feb. 5 with rehearsals on Jan. 19 and Feb 2.  If you're free to do this your info will be forwarded to the appropriate source.   See you Thursday!

Rehearsals start, come join us!

We will be enjoying the best part of our season, reading through hundreds of years of great music written for the trombone ensemble.  Student or pro, everyone will get something out of every rehearsal! Please come join us this Thursday and every Thursday evening at Santa Clara High School Band room at 7:30 p.m.  New music is in the folders! For more info go to www.southbaybones.org.   See you Thursday.

Christmas in the Park tonight .... downtown San Jose.

Saturday's performance

We're looking at a huge storm Saturday night but we've been working so hard that we can decide if we want to perform at another venue at the same time.  We have available a small church sanctuary in south San Jose or possibly a convalescent hospital.  We can decide what we want to do tomorrow night, so keep practicing!

This week's dress rehearsal

As in past dress rehearsals we should have down beat right at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday to polish up our performance and we don't have to go late (Drew, can you open the bandroom at 7:15?).  Please try to be there on time.

thursday rehearsal

1.  The group wishes to rehearse this Thursday (Veteran's Day for some of us) so we'll meet and work on our Dec. 18 performance (not too many rehearsals left).  Please come join us!   2.  It looks like Trombone Day at California State East Bay will not happen this year - there's been no notice about it - but there will be a big one state wide in February.  We'll discuss possible attendance at reheasal: http://www.tromboneday.com/

6 days 'til Christmas

Only 6 rehearsal days until Christmas in the Park, that is. Let us know if you are out of town but would like to join us and we'll put music in the mail for your.  The music requires at least 3 rehearsals for a passable performance, at least 4 (with the help of our regulars) for one we should be proud of. See you Thursday!

concert recordings done

1.  The CD's of our July concert are finally done and will be available at this week's rehearsal, no charge.  If you are away at school but participated, answer this email with an address and we'll send you one. 2.  We start rehearsing some pretty challenging and fun holiday charts this week, the better we know them the quicker we can work with the younger players when they're done with football season.  We'd like to focus on resolving some of the problems that appear on the concert recording.  Those of you away at college but want to join us (if you have in the past you know how much fun Christmas in the Park is) we'll send you rehearsal copies, just give us an address.    New and exciting charts are on the way! See you Thursday!

Chart Library

As of right now, this is the chart library for the tbone choir.  As said in the previous post, we're always looking for new pieces.  Specifically looking for something new for Christmas.  If you have any suggestions, comments, thoughts, etc, don't hesitate to let us know!
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1. Achieved is the Glorious Work - arr. Miller - 4

2. Adagio from Symphony No. 3-Saint-Saens - arr. Greenawalt - 8

3. Allegro - Symphony No. 2-Rachmaninoff - 8

4. America the Beautiful - 4

5. Andante from Libera Me-Verdi - 6

6. Awakening Chorus - 6

7. Body and Soul - 6

8. Canzona for 8 Trombones-Hartley - 8

9. Dance of the Tumblers - 5

10. Ecce veniet dies illa-Palestrina – 8

11. Echo Song - 8       

12. 76 Trombones - 4

13. Fading Lights - 5

14. Finale from Faust - Gounod - 4

15. Rakoczy March - 4

16. Fugue in C minor - Bach - 5

17. Holy is God the Lord - 12

18. It’s All Right With Me - Kai Winding - 8

19. Funeral March - Grieg - 5

20. Laudamus Te - Vivaldi - 5

21. Minuet - Handel - 5

22. Night On Bald Mountain - 8

23. Smile - 4

24. Pavane - Ravel - 5

25. Pie Jesu - Faure - 4

26. Mein Junges Leben Hat Ein End - Verholst - 4

27.  Verbum caro Factum est Hassler - arr. Mathie- 6

28.  Pagent w/Sirens - Frith - 4

29.  Allegro Scherzo Symph. #8 - Beethoven - 6

30. Slavonic Dance #4 - Dvorak arr. Kaucher - 4

31. Magic “Trombone” Overture - Mozart - 4

32. Hungarian Dance - Brahms - Elkjer

33. Bermuda is Another World - McDonough - 4*

34. Rubber Duckie - 4

35. Saturn: The Bringer of Old Age - Holst - 8

36. 7 Quintettes - 5

37. High School Cadets - Sousa - 6

38. Speak Low - 6

39. Strong to Save - 4

40. A Sunday Afternoon Meditation from the Beer Tent - 8

41. Thaxted - 8

42. Trojan Trombones -6

43. Um Mitternacht - Bruckner - 5

44. Vorspiel Act III - Wagner - 8

45. When the Saints Meet Lassus Trombone - 5

46. All the King’s Men - 4

47. Mask -4

48. Monochrome II (Schikele) - 7

49. Debussy Minstrels - 4

50. Ballad by Shep - 5

51.  Shostakovich Prelude 20 - 5

52. Star Spangeled Banner - arr. Moffit  8

53. El Cangrejo  6

54. Mahler Finale from Symphony No.2 - arr. Zugger - 5

55. I’m Beginning to See the Light - arr. Elkjer - 4

56. The Big Splash - arr. Pederson - 6

57. Stravinsky Firebird Suite - arr. Buckmaster - 8

58. Neapolitanshes Tanzlied - Tchaikovsy - 4

59. All About Ronnie - 4

60. Salselo - Trombones de Costa Rico - 4

61. Two Almaines by Holbourne - 5

62. Prince of Attica - 6

63. Rose of Tralee – McDonough - 4

64. Xenomorphic Blues - 4

65. When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam’ - 5

66. Ac-cent-chu-ate the Positive   5   

67. It Had To Be You  5

68. Finlandia  8

69. Bygones  5

70. Hymn for Trombones - Pederson  6

71. Nunc Dimittis - Holst - 8

72. Barber Adagio   6

73. War of the Priests - Mendelssohn

74. Super ‘Bones Jazz Suite Vol. 2 - Minor Excursion  4

75. Meaning of Swing - 4

76. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Sauer  6

77. Carmen Suite - Prelude  12

78. March to the Scaffold  12

79. Jaco - 6

80. 63rd St. West - 8

81. Mambazo - Trombones Costa Rico - 4

82. You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away  6

83. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You   4

84. Last Tango In Bayreuth - Shickele - 4

85. Hymne by Vingalis* -Dvorak - 7

86. Angel Eyes - Elkjer - 4

87. Over the Rainbow - Elkjer - 4

88. All the Things You Are - Elkjer - 4

89. Saint Thomas - Elkjer - 4

90. Dolphin Dance - Elkjer - 4

91. Night in Tunisia - Elkjer - 4

92. Mr. Jums  8

93. Another Cat: Kracken  8

94. Summertime arr. DeSimone  5     

95. Frescobaldi Tocatta  6      

96. Big Spender  5

97.

98. Easy Winners - 5

99. Fox Fanfare for Trombones - 5

100. Great Lakes Octet - 8

101. Courant - Praetorius - 4

102. Tower Music - Nelhybel - 8

103. Yorkshire Ballad - 7

104. Blue Topaz - 6 + Bass Solo

105. No More Blues - 4

106. Reflections - 5

107. Two Pieces - Isaac - 4

108. Flight of the Four Kings - Brubeck 4

109. Alma Llanera - Costa Rico Bones - 4

110. Ave Maria - Verdi/Hartman - 4

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112. Joshua Fit the Battle – Woods - 5

113. Autumn Leaves - Kosma/Cross -4

114. Dance of the Dolphin - Pederson - 6

115. Elsa’s Procession - Wagner/Hanson - 6

116. Georgia - Carmichael/Luis - 4

117.

118. Fantasia (Hypodorian) - Stoltzer/King - 5

119. My Funny Valentine - arr. Cross - 4

120. Pronouncement - 6

121. Someone to Watch - 8

122. Peter Ring -A-Dem Bells - 4

123. March Pontificale - 8

124. Ave Maria - Biebl - 7

125. God Bless America -5

126. Pater Noster - Sauer - 8

127. Super Bones Jazz Suite - 4

128. Washington Post - 6

129. Canzon Primi Toni -Gabrieli-8

130. 2 Selections from All Night Vigil - Rachmaninoff – 8

131. Remnants of a Fugue - 8

132. Longhorn-Davis-4

133. Foghorn Leghorn -Davis -4

134. Serenata - Albeniz - 4

135. Tango - Albeniz - 4

136. Maleguena - Albeniz - 4

137. Variations on “New World”

138. Nimrod - Elgar - 6

139. Benediction -4

140.

141.

142. Fanfare and Bone Dances - Gilroy - 8

143. March From 2nd Suite in F - Holst - 6

144. Uncle Remus - Macdowell - 6

145. Allegro Maestoso eVivace- Mendelssohn-8

146. Music Man - 5

147. St. Louis Blues - Holcombe - 4

148. Dolcissimo Mia Vita II - Gesualdo - 6

149. Abschiedslied - Coleman - 6

150. Pausenstomp - Azzopardi - 4

151. Back To The Fair - Reichenbach - 6

152. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Elkjer

153. God Bless the Child - 8

154. Peg ‘O My Heart – Praetorius - 4

155. I’m Always Chasing Rainbows - Nelhybel

156. April Showers - Nelhybel

158. Green Dolphin Street - arr. Elkjer

159. That’s A Plenty - arr. Elkjer

160. Take 5 - arr. Elkjer

161. Watermelon Man - arr. Elkjer

162. Here’s That Rainy Day - arr. Elkjer

163. Royal Garden Blues - arr. Elkjer

164. Fantasy and Double Fugue - Ewezan

Upcoming events

1.  Our rehearsals this month have been well attended and we've had the opportunity to play more arrangements with larger voicings.  They've been great fun - people are choosing their favorites for future performances.   Attached is a current list of our library (there will be some new charts added permanently to the folder soon), feel free to bring some suggestions this week. It's in notepad to accomodate most word processing programs.  Only a couple more weeks or so left of playing charts for fun before rehearsal begins for Christmas in the Park. 2.  We're looking to purchase a new arrangement or two for San Jose's Christmas in the Park (our Trombone Christmas) which will take place Dec. 18 at 8 p.m., Saturday before Christmas Eve and the largest crowd for this event.  Check out www.hickeys.com and click on trombone ensembles to make suggestions (or for any other time of year). 3.  Copies of our concert are now being made, coming to a rehearsal real soon. See you Thursday!

Fwd: Christmas in the Park

1.  Once again we are invited to play San Jose's Christmas in the Park the Saturday night before Christmas, Dec. 18 at 8:00 p.m.  Please put this on your calendar (for the first time they actually called us).  Rehearsals for this event will begin, as usual, in October.  This is one of their best attended evenings and one of the largest audiences we play for.  Feel free to suggest new charts for this performance. 2.  Despite our special guest not showing, we had a huge group and everyone was very happy to play the larger-voiced arrangements. This can happen again this Thursday if everyone shows up that showed up last week - there are more great charts in the books we haven't played through in a while. 3.  Those of you who like movie music, particularly the James Bond themes, check out this trombone group from the University of Arts Berlin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyJZKuWKwb8&feature=related   See you Thursday!

Tony Clements from Stanford ...

Tony Clements will be joining us at rehearsal this Thursday, apparently news is getting out about us.  Mr. Clements is professor of tuba and instructs lower brass at Stanford, the director of the Silicon Valley Brass Band, and tubist with Symphony Silicon Valley.  And he wants to blow trombone with us!  We'd like everyone to be there if they can this Thursday (if you thought last week was fun....), this could be the start of something great.

The new music is in so we'll be playing some great charts.

See you Thursday!

An update - 8/24/10

1.  A former (and founding) member of the group, Hans Horn, tells us of a bass bone opening with a group up the peninsula.  They rehearse on Tuesday nights in Palo Alto (Cubberly Community Center), 7PM-9PM.  The group is led by Lori Stotko, who plays trombone herself and piano.  2.  We just received another invitation for Christmas in the Park.  Feel free to look at the Hickeys link and help us choose some new tunes this year (and anything else that looks interesting to you): http://www.hickeys.com/pages/bonecat.htm 3.  We will be deciding on how many voices our new music will be over the next few rehearsals, so if 100 players show up, we'll find tunes with 100 parts (O.K., an exagerration????) 4.  The CD of our concert, hopefully, should be available within the next week or two.  Those of you out of town who'd like a copy, let us know your address. 5.  Enjoy the Trombones de Costa Rico (yes, another arrangement is on the way) playing a straight version of Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRSA48Njh7o&NR=1

Fwd: Next sessions

1.  Great job by everyone Friday night!  We had great comments and more people came up to talk with us afterward.  CDs should be available soon 2.  We now enter one of the best times of the year, playing through great literature and new music as it arrives in a relaxed atmosphere.  We'll discuss future performances based on our numbers (there is still interest to do an antiphonal concert in a catherdral environment sometime in the future). 3.  Our director, Vernon Miyata, reminds us of why we formed the group (keep in mind each section is a movement of the piece):   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QQyIXtUKow   If this is you, you need to come sit in.   See you Thursday!

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