[Trombone-l] Nelhybel etudes, fictional situation

[Jackie Harris-Stone]

Thanks, everybody- both of us liked reading over all the responses.  
 
I think she's going to end up playing the Arban's etudes instead.  That was a good suggestion- as soon as I heard it, I thought, "now, why didn't I think of that?"
 
Firstly, they're flexible as to level- she can easily be frustrated with an etude, which was part of the situation my husband envisioned, at whatever level she's at, but it's not a huge stretch that she's doing it.   Secondly, she's an Indian princess being taught in India where there's not much access to music.  I know from experience, in that kind of situation, you tend to teach from what you've got, and it makes sense that her British teacher would both have an Arban's book with him and have her play out of it.  That's why I made my suggestions, but I like Arbans better.  She may even be playing tenor tuba (euphonium), so that would fit, too.
 
 
(BTW, for those who are going to pick up on it, we both know there were no orchestras in India at this time- I don't think there are any now, either.  This one is from a small town in Siberia, were asked to do a cruise, got shipwrecked, and the Soviet govenrment is denying they exist- cruises would be unSoviet- so they can't repatriate. They got "adopted" by a prince who thinks he can compose by telling his court composer his ideas about what he should write.  The orchestra exist solely to play the prince's 10-movement symphony about his kingdom, which is, from time to time, made up of the music of Shostakovich and other Russian composers to give the musicians something more fun to play.  I don't think the prince ever finds that out.)    
 
 
Jackie Harris-Stone
Bass trombone, Orquesta Sinfonica de Monterrey, UANL