Sonata for Trombone

for trombone and piano

Duration - approx. 19 min.

Program Notes:

Sonata for Trombone is a reformatting of the Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra.  Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra was originally 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.

Sonata for Trombone was premiered Oct. 11th at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA by Mark Babbitt, tbn, and Nikolas Caoile, pno.