Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra

for trombone and orchestra

Duration - approx. 19 min.

Program Notes:

Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra was commissioned by the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy.

The “Cowiche” Concerto is intended as a journey for the trombone.  The music is held coherent throughout using a five note idée fixe that is developed and manipulated into the majority of the material presented.  Although formally broken into three movements, the music occurs continuously, with no break between movements.  In this way the music is able to change drastically, yet retain a feeling of movement.  This gives the solo a wandering feeling, as if the trombone is a hiker trekking through the Cowiche canyon.

Mark Babbitt has agreed to play the solo trombone part, but we have yet to find an orchestra with enough time to program it.  The piece was revised for trombone and piano and was premiered in Washington on Oct. 11th, 2006.

THIS PIECE HAS BEEN REWORKED FOR TROMBONE AND PIANO.  CLICK HERE.