The Summerglen Files

Often, people comment on how fun my line of work must be. After all, I get to “play” for a living! While it’s true that being a musician is a super-cool job, it’s definitely not all fun and games. Like my grandmother said, “The work must be done in order to play.”
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On Friday evening, I had the pleasure of playing with my favorite band, Keith Henderson and the Illusions. Why are they my favorite band to play with? Well, Keith Henderson puts on quite a show, and he’s won numerous awards for his tribute to Elvis. And all the guys in the band [...]

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Back in July, I committed to a monthlong practice project to help me take my trombone playing to the next level. One of the major elements of this project was the set of goals I created to guide my practice–and the great thing about goals is that they keep you accountable! So, here’s [...]

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I’ve written on this blog and in several other places about this summer’s student trombone choirs, and how exciting it’s been to work with them. But I haven’t written much about the reasons for my excitement–the amazing transformative powers of chamber music!
The defining characteristic of chamber music is that only one [...]

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The Summerglen trombone choirs had a great show this evening! We totally packed Loco Lu’s, and all the choirs played very well. Thanks to The Chicktones, The Thursday Afternoon Guys, and the Ascension Trombone Choir for a wonderful evening of music!

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If you’re in the Raleigh area this evening, come check out our student trombone choirs in concert, along with special guests The Ascension Trombone Choir!
Our program this evening is called A Journey Through Trombone History and will feature trombone choir works from the Renaissance through today! Our show will be at 7pm [...]

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I’ve just uploaded some new videos of the Summerglen Duo on our sounds page. These videos are samples from a couple of our All Around Raleigh shows, so if you’re interested, please check them out!
All these videos were recorded on a cheap digital camera in noisy public places (mostly outdoors), and have gone through [...]

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The Inside919 Community Picnic went well today! We didn’t have throngs of people in attendance, but it ended up being a great chance to just hang out and chat with other business owners (with the occasional pit stops for hot dogs, photography classes, and drumming!)
Networking meetings are cool; you get a chance [...]

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If you’re in the Triangle area this Friday evening, please drop by the Inside919 Community Picnic. The picnic will be a great chance to meet business owners from around the Triangle, and to get creative at the end of the week. Andrew and I are offering drum circles on the hour throughout the [...]

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As I’ve worked through my new technical routine, I’ve done a lot of tailoring to make each exercise fit where I am and where I’m going as a trombonist. It feels like I was given a pair of pants that was far too long, so I hemmed up the legs so they wouldn’t drag [...]

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