[Trombone-l] Recital at Tennessee Tech, Thursday, September 14, 2017

[Hauser, Joshua]

TTU Professor of Trombone, Joshua Hauser will present a recital of French works for trombone and piano this Thursday, September 14 at 7:30pm in Wattenbarger Auditorium of the Bryan Fine Arts Building.  He will be accompanied by Paul Thurmond on Piano.

The Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris represents a wealth of repertoire for trombone players.  One of the signature features of the Paris Conservatory was their annual solo contest for each instrument with a first prize being among the highest honors a student could achieve.  Trombones began participating in this in 1842, with each student playing the same solo.  New repertoire was determined each year from preexisting works, with newly commissioned works for trombone beginning in 1897.

The evening will begin with the Cavatine by Camille Saint-Saëns, the 1922 contest piece.  We follow that with organist Alexandre Guilmant’s Morceau Symphonique, one of the most frequently performed works for trombone.  It was selected as the contest piece in 1902, 1928, and 1975.  Hauser will also perform Paul Veronge de la Nux’ Solo de Concours, which was used as the contest piece in both 1900 and 1919 and is used at TTU as a required solo piece for all trombone majors before they can begin upper level studies.

In addition to these contest pieces for tenor trombone, Hauser has chosen to adapt Saint-Saëns’ Morceau de Concert, a selection for the horn contest in 1935, for the alto trombone.

The concert will finish with Spécial, a solo by Pierre Gabaye that combines both technical virtuosity and lush ballad playing.  It has become tradition for players to either improvise or compose their own cadenza midway through the piece.  Don't be surprised if you hear some things that you recognize here in a humorous homage to other trombone repertoire and popular music.

For those who can’t join us in person, the concert will be live streamed at https://www.tntech.edu/fine-arts/music/live




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Joshua Hauser
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