The Summerglen Files

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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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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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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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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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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