[Trombone-l] Church Music for Trbn Quartet
Raymond Horton
rayhorton at insightbb.com
Thu May 11 11:38:22 CDT 2006
Along this line, I have almost completed a set of sacred solo
arrangements for trombone and piano. My publisher for trombone
ensembles, Cimarron Music, wants to publish it but I am unhappy with
sales there. What publishers would you expect to see such a collection
published by?
Raymond Horton
Daryl Burch wrote:
>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-
>www.radionoise.com <- Rock star by night
>www.burchinteractive.com <- Tech-nerd by day #;-)
>
>
>On Apr 17, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Thomas Ervin wrote:
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>>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.
>>
>>
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