[Trombone-l] Alto Trombone requirement at Vanderbilt--sorry!

[George Butler]

Dear List,
 
I would like to apologize to Larry Borden for my assumption that he was not familiar with Howard Weiner's work.  Larry's answer (below) shows that he is indeed aware, and his response is very classy.
 
Larry, I started some beginners on trombone (on alto, no less) this year, and I hope to send you some kids someday.
 
I also apologize to my dear friend Howard Weiner, for creating some distractions for him at a time when he has some translating deadlines to meet.  (If you didn't know, Howard translates, corrects, and rewrites CD liner notes, so take the time to read those.)
 
--George  

George Butler
Tallinn, Estonia
 

--- On Sun, 1/25/09, Borden, Lawrence <lawrence.l.borden at Vanderbilt.Edu> wrote:

From: Borden, Lawrence <lawrence.l.borden at Vanderbilt.Edu>
Subject: [Trombone-l] Alto Trombone requirement at Vanderbilt
To: trombone-l at samford.edu
Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 9:48 PM

Folks,

 

Actually, I agree with Howard on the use/misuse of the alto trombone in
the modern orchestra. Unfortunately, I have had situations in which
conductors have "requested" use of an alto trombone in various works.
They may be wrong - but I'm certainly not going to argue the point with
them; not a good career move!!

 

The other argument for using an alto is that the modern alto is actually
a very large instrument and generally sounds like a small bore tenor. In
that case, since the historical instruments were small bore tenors, one
can argue - what's the difference?

 

Larry

 

Lawrence Borden
Associate Professor of Trombone, Vanderbilt University
Principal Trombone, Nashville Symphony Orchestra
H  615.255.4191    C  615.397.1253    O  615.322.7676
Lawrence.Borden at Vanderbilt.edu <mailto:Lawrence.Borden at Vanderbilt.edu>  
www.vanderbilt.edu/trombonestudio
<http://www.vanderbilt.edu/trombonestudio> 

 

 

 

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