A Follow-up Response

I recently sent the scores and parts to three of my bass trombone pieces to bass trombonist Jonathan Warburton.  Jonathan is someone who contacted me back in January asking about my bass trombone pieces.  I sent Jonathan Incursion for bass trombone, Concerto for Bass Trombone and Chamber Orchestra and Obscured Ruminations for bass trombone and chamber orchestra.

Jonathan wrote back to me a couple of days ago telling me he received the scores.  He seems to like my Bass Trombone Concerto.  He has asked me for the parts to this piece.  He also commented that he has almost learned the solo part.

I am excited about this.  Not only do I get my music into someone else's hands, but it sounds like there is a chance that the concerto will be performed again.  It may also lead to an opportunity to expand this piece by adding a couple of movements or the composition of a new piece for Jonathan.

Program Notes: Incursion

Incursion
   for bass trombone

Composed: May 22-27, 2002
Premiere: June 21, 2002 - 8th Annual NOW Music Festival, Goat Hall, San Francisco

Incursion – (in•cûr’zhun; -shun) n 1 : a sudden hostile invasion : RAID 2 : an entering in or into (as an activity)

Incursion was composed in the summer of 2002 for bass trombonist, Richard Lee and was premiered at the 2002 NOW Music Festival in San Francisco. Since its premiere, Incursion has under gone a few revisions. The intent of the piece is to introduce various melodic lines and fragments that speak out of turn or interrupt each other. Compositional and technical aspects of this piece were developed during the time when I composed two large-scale pieces for the bass trombone: Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra (2001), composed for Jeff Kurka, was read by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony in spring 2001 and Obscured Ruminations (2002), also for bass trombone and chamber orchestra. Obscured Ruminations has yet to be performed.