[Trombone-l] Church Music for Trbn Quartet

[Daryl Burch]

I agree. I'd like to hear your ear on "Old Rugged Cross," "Just A 
Closer Walk With Thee,"  and other standards. Most guys just read the 
four parts out of the hymnal and make do. If there were compelling 
arrangements around they'd jump at 'em.

When I was a young upstart and competing in youth competitions around 
OH, I landed a Bill Pierce solo book that had med/hard arrangements of 
"Joshua" and "Precious Lord" and a bunch of others. They were very fun 
to play and took me far in the competitions. I also performed them a 
lot as offertories or special music during the home church services. I 
got a lot of miles out of that book.

Basically, if the arrangements are interesting (and most of Bob's are!) 
players will want them.

My $0.02, anyway.

Cheers!
-D-
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On Apr 17, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Thomas Ervin wrote:

> If I was gonna do it (I'm not), I'd get copies of the various church
> hymnals and see which titles are most common to various  denominations.
> I *think* I'd stick to the old standards myself, and not chase the
> newer hymns that are continually coming out in the "newer" church
> music.