[Trombone-l] Thanksgiving rep suggestion

[Ralph Whitfield]

Thanks for all the suggestions for the Thanksgiving rep.  I really 
appreciate the help.

I've started working on an arrangement of "We Gather Together" for the 
occasion.

Again,

Thanks.

Ralph

> Subject:
> Re: [Trombone-l] Thanksgiving rep suggestion
> From:
> "Richardson, Timothy A Mr CIV USA IMCOM-Europe" 
> <Timothy.A.Richardson at EUR.ARMY.MIL>
> Date:
> Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:42:21 +0100
> To:
> "John Jay Hilfiger" <jhilf at penn.com>, <TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu>
> 
> To:
> "John Jay Hilfiger" <jhilf at penn.com>, <TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu>
> 
> 
> I do a fair amount of this kind of solo for offertories.
> 
> I just talk to the organist and pick a familiar tune out of the hymnal,
> one they can play without a lot of preparation.  
> 
> I use simple, nonshowy ones that the congregation will know.  As long as
> I know the tune well, I've found it easy (and much more effective) to do
> it without sheet music.  I'm not sure if you call that playing by memory
> or playing by ear.  
> 
> If there's a guitarist that day of course you have to change the key.
> But playing by ear that doesn't seem to matter.  After a while D and G
> start to get familiar.  
> 
> I believe Doug Yeo long ago gave similar advice - playing simple hymns
> and trying to make them sound good, as opposed to classical solo pieces.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Jay Hilfiger [mailto:jhilf at penn.com] 
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 8:45 PM
> To: TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Thanksgiving rep suggestion
> 
>> Fellow listers,
>>
>> I've been asked to play a solo the Sunday before Thanksgiving and I  
>> have  come up dry with possible tunes.
>>
>> Has anyone got a suggestion for a solo w/piano or easy organ for  
>> Thanksgiving?  It doesn't even have to be a trombone  
>> solo...anything!!!
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Ralph
>> -- 
>> Ralph W. Whitfield, Jr.
>> Bass Trombonist - Gadsden Symphony Orchestra
>> www.rainbowbrassmusic.com
>> "Trombonist by Nature, Engineer by Necessity."
> 
> Ralph,
> 
> I have done quite a bit of playing in churches and write most of my  
> own material.  Let me suggest that you try some of my arrangements.   
> For example:
> 
> 1. Christe Sanctorum Variants  (trombone and organ/piano)
> 
> 2. Reverie on a Theme of Robert Schumann (trombone and piano/organ) -  
> theme is a well-known hymn tune.
> 
> 3. Three Hymns (trombone and piano)  - includes "Come, Thou, Almighty  
> King," "For the Beauty of the Earth," and "Oh, Worship the King."
> 
> All of these are available from Brassworks4 Publishing
> www.brassworks4.com
> 
> I have also done many other compositions and arrangements suitable  
> for church use (e.g. "3 Hymns of Thanksgiving") for various brass  
> trios, quartets, quintets, etc. available from various publishers.  I  
> even did one for SATB choir and solo horn or trombone.  See my webpage:
> http://users.penn.com/~jhilf/
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Jay Hilfiger
> 
> 
> "Christe Sanctorum" Variants (solo for horn/trumpet/trombone with organ)

-- 
Ralph W. Whitfield, Jr.
Bass Trombonist - Gadsden Symphony Orchestra
www.rainbowbrassmusic.com
"Trombonist by Nature, Engineer by Necessity."