[Trombone-l] Alessi Seminar...

[Stephen Lange]

Hi everyone,

Anyone out there going to the Alessi Seminar (August 3-11) this year?   
I just heard from my good friend Jon Whitaker that there are actually  
a few auditor spots left.

I have participated twice, in 2003 and in 2007.   As a professional  
trombone player myself, I really enjoy the learning environment that  
Joe has created.  I'm not sure how it happens this way, but it always  
feels like everyone checks their egos at the door, and everyone ends  
up learning from one another, as well as from Joe.

Yes, I studied with Joe, and I may be a bit biased, but I am still  
amazed that I always come away from these seminars having learned  
something new, not to mention being truly inspired and pumped up to  
practice.  You also won't want to miss Joe's recital.  He always pull  
out all the stops for this recital!

I plan to be there for the first half of the seminar as an auditor  
this year.  If you have any questions about it, please feel free to  
contact me directly or I'm happy to answer any questions about it in  
the forum.

Pete Ellefson, Professor of Trombone and IU and Northwestern  
University,  said recently that "Joe Alessi is our Tiger Woods….our  
Michael Jordan. The opportunity to witness this great player and  
teacher personally for a week will change your life. It did mine and I  
continue to learn from him each Seminar. Why not experience the best  
that trombone has to offer in a beautiful setting such as Albuquerque?  
Plus…I have never had a bad meal in Albuquerque."  I whole-heartedly  
agree with Pete!

You can find all the information here:

www.alessiseminar.com

Contact Jon Whitaker directly to reserve one of the last auditor  
spots:  whitakerj at mac.com

And if you have any questions you would like to ask me, you can email  
me: langebone at gmail.com

Thanks for listening, and I hope to see you in Albuquerque!

Steve Lange
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
www.slso.org