[Trombone-l] Trombone quartet arrangement replacement parts

[George Butler]

Sim Flora seems to have been quite active recently with both Joe Alessi
(Alessi Seminar, Fossano, Italy, 2022) and with Jon Whitaker (University of
Alabama), so maybe those two have his contact info, if all else fails?

--George again.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 12:29 AM George Butler <georgebutler3rd at gmail.com>
wrote:

> When I google "Sam Flora arrangements", I get hits for flowers from Sam's
> Club.  :-)
>
> Ralph, you don't mean Sim Flora, do you?  Jazz trombonist and music theory
> professor emeritus at Ouachita Baptist University?  (though, he does not
> seem to be in the faculty directory online.). He also has a Facebook
> account, though it does not appear that he does much with it.
>
> (I'm gonna feel real silly if I'm throwing a red herring your way.)
>
> --George in Tallinn
> https://www.muusika.tln.edu.ee/est/opetajad/?opetaja=george-butler
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 5:07 PM ralphjr--- via Trombone-l <
> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I need some help.  (Not that kind of help...)
>>
>> I need to replace some parts from a lost trombone quartet folder and I'm
>> having a hard time locating a source.
>>
>> I have several quartets from "Off the Flora Music" and for the life of
>> me I cannot remember where I got them from.  They are Sam Flora's
>> arrangements and every search of "Off The Flora" or "Sam Flora" gets me
>> some pop artist...for pages on end.
>>
>> Can anyone help me with contact info for Sam Flora or "Off the Flora
>> Music" to get some replacement parts?
>>
>> I'm looking for the 3rd trombone for: "Saviour Like a Shepherd, Lead
>> Us", "Majesty", and "Precious Lord, Take My Hand".
>>
>> Some of the others I'm missing are Christensen's "What Child is This",
>> 3rd part and Furlong's "The First Noel" 1st part and "We Wish You A
>> Merry Christmas" 3rd part.  All of these are  POP.
>>
>> Thanks so very much!
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>>
>>
>> Ralph W. Whitfield, Jr.
>>
>> Bass Trombone, Gadsden Symphony Orchestra,
>>
>> Founder of "Grand Avenue Brass"
>>
>> "Trombonist by nature, engineer by necessity."
>>
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