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All-District Audition Recordings for Central NC Trombonists

November 20th, 2011 · No Comments

Greetings, fellow trombonists! Below are some recordings especially for students who are planning to audition for All-District Band here in Central NC on January 7th.
When making these recordings, I focused mainly on bringing out the style, mood, and feeling of each piece. The idea was to interpret these not as “those [...]

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Our Latest Projects

June 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

Greetings! Lately here at Summerglen, we’ve been working on 2 big summer projects: Trombone Ensembles for students, and our original CD (tentatively titled It All Started in the Middle of the Road). Both the students and our new material are truckin’ right along, and we’ve created Facebook pages for each of them, [...]

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Benefits of Working on Your Solo Chops – Tuesday Trombone Tips #21

June 8th, 2010 · No Comments

Over several years of teaching private trombone lessons, I’ve noticed a trend among students to focus their practice on the ensemble music assigned to them by their band director at school, and shy away from doing anything else. Unfortunately, band music for young trombonists doesn’t tend to be very challenging…so when it’s all that kids [...]

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3 Benefits of Summer Practice – Tuesday Trombone Tips #20

June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

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Getting the Most out of Private Lessons – Tuesday Trombone Tips #19

May 25th, 2010 · No Comments

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4 Ways to Succeed in Private Lessons – Tuesday Trombone Tips #18

May 18th, 2010 · No Comments

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What to Look for in a Private Trombone Teacher – Tuesday Trombone Tips #17

May 11th, 2010 · No Comments

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Why You Need Trombone Lessons! – Tuesday Trombone Tips #16

May 4th, 2010 · No Comments

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Tuesday Trombone Tips #14 – Gig Etiquette

April 6th, 2010 · No Comments

Greetings, Summerglen friends! Recently, I’ve been playing a bunch of church and theatre gigs around town. It’s been fun performing at different places and meeting new people, but unfortunately, I’ve noticed several of my gigmates indulging in some not-so-good habits, like coming to the dress rehearsal without a pencil, and even worse, without [...]

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Cool Video Alert – Do Schools Kill Creativity?

April 5th, 2010 · No Comments

If you’re interested in creativity and education, here’s a highly enlightening and entertaining way to spend the next 20 minutes. In this video, creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson discusses creativity and the educational system–and hits the nail right on the head! His perspective on creativity really rings true with my experience in school, [...]

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