[Trombone-l] Trombone-l Moravian Trombone Music for Easter

[John Cather]

Do it! It'll be great!

I play in the Moravian Trombone Choir of Downey.

The traditional choir is as the voices. S-A-T-B. It's getting easier  
to find alto players than before but still difficult to get soprano  
players. Usually converted trumpeters.

The green book is hymns from the Moravian hymnal basically and  
transposed for: Bb soprano, F or Eb alto and non transposed for tenor  
and bass. If you don't have the green book, you can play directly out  
of the hymnal, but it's not transposed.

We have a tremendous amount of SATB trombone choir music. Much of it  
written for specifically us. It also ranges from about 4 parts to  
about 12 parts including Eb sopranino and contrabass parts.

You can also use brass quartet music and quintet music very  
successfully.

I can send the email address to our current director-Doug Shabe. Jeff  
Reynolds is now retired and no longer an active part of our group. We  
hope he drops in to play with us when he can. He is a great  
inspiration as well as a terrific musician. He usually brings his G  
contra made by Minnick. Yeousa! what a sound!

John Cather

>
> Hello All,
>
> I was contacted my a Church today about possibly organizing some  
> Moravian
> Trombone ensemble music for their Easter service.  I am familiar  
> with the
> large trombone ensembles ranging from soprano to contra, but it is  
> possible
> to do some literature with smaller instrumentation like soprano/ 
> trumpet,
> alto, tenor and 1 or 2 bass trombones.  What instrumentations are  
> best?  I
> have heard of the "Green Book", but I am not sure what  
> instrumentation it
> like.  What pieces are interesting and fun to preform?  Any with  
> Organ?  Are
> there and sources where music is commercially available?  Any info  
> would be
> much appreciated.
>
> Thank you
>
> -- 
> Graham Middleton
> Adjunct Instructor of Low Brass: Kenyon College
> Associate Trombone: Columbus Symphony Orchestra
> 114 East Burgess St.
> Mt Vernon, OH 43050
> (740) 263-3372