[Trombone-l] Wishlist

[Eric & Candice Swanson]

>On Aug 31, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Jackie Harris-Stone wrote:
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>>  I have a one-time opportunity to make a "wishlist" for our  
>>conservatory of things to buy- with a fairly good chance to get  
>>some of them.
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>>    We have NO trombone CD's, books, or music- and I'm kicking  
>>myself for not having bought the box of tenor trombone music  
>>someone offered on the list a while back.  The usefulness of  
>>English-based texts is limited so I'm thinking about concentration  
>>on CD's and music.  The conservatory is beginner through  
>>Bachelor's, but I don't want to suggest things people should have  
>>for themselves- like Rochuts, Aharonis, Blazheviches, etc.  We have  
>>no schoolwide jazz program at the moment, so I'm concentrating on  
>>the classical side.
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>>   (We were asked for 3 catagories- must have, should have for this  
>>level of conservatory, and would like.   On my "must haves" are a  
>>mirror in the studio, and a tuba, or at the least, the missing  
>>parts for our sousaphone.  Past that, I get into music, Cd's, and  
>>Tune-up, and some chamber music for my wind repertoire class.)
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>>      If you had an opportunity to fill out an order like this,  
>>what would you put?
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Jackie,

I think in your situation, I would put Gordon Cherry's Orchestral 
Excerpts CD at or near the top of the list.  It contains the low brass 
parts to hundreds of standard orchestral works, it is small, portable, 
and relatively inexpensive for what you are getting.  If you have a 
computer of some sort and a printer, you can print out as many copies of 
the excerpts as you need, and even let the students keep the copies 
since you can just print more.  They can practice the parts 
individually, and play the parts together for trio and quartet 
ensembles.  They would probably never run out of music to play in 
years.  It might not be for beginners, but everyone else can probably 
find something in there they are capable of playing.

My 2 cents,

Eric Swanson