[Trombone-l] Alessi Residency at Tennessee Tech University, complete schedule of events

Tue Nov 6 12:56:50 CST 2007

For Immediate Release:

Trombones at Tech, the TTU Trombone Choir, along with the Bryan Symphony
Orchestra, TTU¹s Center Stage Guest Artist Series, and the Office of Student
Activities are proud to present a week of trombone related activities.

Events begin on Tuesday morning, November 13th at 11:05 AM with a radio
broadcast by The Slide Company, a jazz trombone group featuring TTU
Associate Professor of Trombone, Dr. Joshua Hauser, along with Nashville
mainstays Roy Agee, Barry Green and Bill Huber, trombones, Bruce Dudley,
piano, Tony Nagy, bass, and Bob Mater, drums.  Joining the group will be
special guest artist Joseph Alessi of the New York Philharmonic.  This will
be broadcast live on WPLN radio¹s Live in Studio C at 11:06 AM with a
rebroadcast at 8:06 PM.

Following that, Alessi will be holding a masterclass on Thursday morning,
November 15th at 11 AM in the Bryan Fine Arts Building on the TTU campus.
On Friday, November 16th, he will be performing the great Trombone Soloist
Arthur Pryor¹s Air Varie for trombone and band with the TTU Symphony Band
under the direction of Joseph Hermann at 7:30 PM in the newly relit
Wattenbarger Auditorium.

After the concert, The Slide Company will present a live show at The
Library, located on Jefferson Avenue, behind Wooly Bully¹s.   There will be
a nominal cover charge for this event.

On Saturday, November 17th, TTU will be hosting an all day Trombone
Extravaganza. Alessi will hold another masterclass from 10-12, followed by
lunch, a large trombone ensemble reading session and a series of
mini-concerts by visiting trombone ensembles.  At 7:30 PM, Alessi will
perform a solo recital accompanied by Paul Thurmond on Piano.  The 2nd half
of the concert will feature the TTU Trombone Choir, directed by Joshua
Hauser and Joseph Alessi performing works by Brahms, John Stevens, Glenn
Martin, and TTU Professor of Composition, Greg Danner.

³We are delighted to be hosting this event and are over the moon that we
were able to bring down Joe Alessi,² says Hauser.  ³I have had the
opportunity to work with him a couple of times over the years and he is
truly one of the finest musicians on the planet.  These concerts and
masterclasses should be of interest to any music fan, not just trombone
enthusiasts.  We are very fortunate to have Center Stage, Student Activities
and the BSO working together to help us sponsor Alessi¹s residency.²

³We are also using this weekend to launch our new Trombone Choir CD,
recorded last spring and only just released.  The recording includes new
works by myself, Greg Danner, TTU Alumnus Glenn Martin, and a work from 1980
written for the ensemble by TTU Alum Aldo Forte. This project was done
entirely by the students and is a testament to all of their hard work last
year.  We took on some very difficult literature and the put together a
great product.  I am really proud of them all.²

The weekend finishes with a performance of the Stephen Gryc Passaggi for
trombone and orchestra, performed by Alessi with the Bryan Symphony
Orchestra, Dan Allcott, Conductor.

³We encourage you to join us for any or all of this outstanding weekend of
brass playing,² says Hauser.

High resolution photos available at:
http://www.tntech.edu/brass/trombone/choir.asp and
http://www.josephalessi.com

See the photo at: http://www.josephalessi.com/gallery/Recording-Sessions/aaf
for a shot of Alessi playing Arthur Pryor¹s trombone!!!

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Joshua Hauser, Associate Professor of Trombone
Box 5045
Department of Music and Art
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN 38505
931/372-6086
jhauser at tntech.edu 
http://iweb.tntech.edu/jhauser
http://www.tntech.edu/brass/trombone
Trombones at Tech new CD Project!!
http://www.tntech.edu/publicaffairs/rel/2007/oct07/trombonecd.html
http://www.tntech.edu/publicaffairs/rel/2007/march07/trombones.html
http://www.tntech.edu/publicaffairs/rel/2006/dec06/music.html