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David Rejano is the Principal Trombone of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra since 2016. Before that, he served as Principal Trombone with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Navarra from 2002 to 2007, Principal Trombone with the Orquestra del Gran Teatro del Liceo de Barcelona (Barcelona Opera House) from 2007 to 2010, and Principal Trombone with the Münchner Philharmoniker from 2010 to 2016. He has also performed as a guest with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre National de France, Seoul Philharmonic, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks or the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris.

David Rejano appears frequently as a soloist at the Sapporo Festival, Summer Brass Festival, or the International Trombone Festival, as well as with top orchestras. He frequently works together with Gustavo Dudamel, Valery Gergiev and Zubin Mehta.

His new solo Album "Everything but Trombone" has been recently launched in 2018.

As a sought-after teacher, David gives Masterclasses as well as coaches youth orchestras all over the world in Austria, China, France, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, South Korea, Spain and USA. 

David Rejano (1982) was born in Badajoz /Spain/, and initially studied music at the Conservatory in Madrid. Then he moved to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he graduated with the maximun qualifications "Mention très bien à l'unanimité" and the "Prix Spécial du Jury". He was a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra -EUYO- and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra -WEDO- (with Daniel Barenboim and Pierre Boulez).

David Rejano is a Bach Performing Artist.

With a style that has been described as “passionate,” “fiercely vigorous,” and even “humorous,” Brad Edwards has appeared as a soloist before audiences in the United States and Europe. His solo credits include radio and television broadcasts, premieres of new music, guest recitals at colleges and regional workshops, and concertos with student and professional orchestras and wind ensembles. He has twice been featured as a soloist with “Pershing’s Own” Army Band at the American Trombone Workshop in Washington D.C. As a member of the Air Force Concert Band he was twice featured as a soloist.

            His CD, “Trombone And…” features concert duets pairing the trombone with other instruments.  It includes several works written for and premiered by him as well as one of his own compositions, Five American Folksong Sketches. Of this recording, Audiophile magazine wrote, “Trombonist Brad Edwards is an accomplished musician. The performances are all excellent, and the pairings with other instruments, particularly the marimba are quite interesting.”

            Dr. Edwards began teaching trombone at Arizona State University in Fall, 2016. Previously, he  taught at the University of South Carolina and the University of Northern Iowa. Other teaching positions have included Franklin and Marshall University and Kinhaven Music School. Reecently, he has begun teaching at the Raphael Mendez Brass Institute and performing there with the Summit Brass Ensemble.

            He is best known for his pedagogical books including Patterns and Snippets, Lip Slurs, Lip Slur Melodies as well as the Trombone Craft and Simply Singing for Winds series.  His latest book is The Intermediate Trombonist. He has published a number of pieces through the International Trombone Association Press (available from Warwick Music) including Blue Wolf which has been recorded three times and Four Impromptus for Low Bone Alone, which was selected for the national solo competition of the American Trombone Workshop.

He has composed a set of 176 one-minute audition solos for all woodwinds and brass. These solos have been adopted for all-state auditions in South Carolina and Utah. These solos are available for free download at the his companion website, AuditionSolos.com. In 2018 he composed a set of 24 concert pieces for trombone and piano targeted at the intermediate-advanced ability level. His recordings of these pieces, play-along including versions with the piano part alone, will become available in 2020.

            In addition to the Air Force Band, Dr. Edwards has held positions as Principal Trombonist of the South Carolina Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestra Augusta and the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony. He has also been the bass trombonist of the Cedar Rapids Symphony and the Arlington Symphony in Virginia. He has performed with such ensembles as the Phoenix Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra, the brass choir of the National Symphony, Hartford Symphony, the Charleston Symphony, the Charlotte Symphony and the Baltimore Opera Orchestra as well as the Wintergreen and Cabrillo Festival Orchestras.

He has shared the stage with such diverse artists as Al Jarreau, Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Wycliffe Gordon, Ben Folds, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Olivia Newton John, Bela Fleck, the Gatlin Brothers, Robert Merrill, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Roger Daltry. In 2007, he was selected to be participant at the prestigious Alessi Seminar in New Mexico.

            Dr. Edwards holds degrees from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the Hartt School of Music. His primary teachers have been Jim Olin, Tony Chipurn, Ronald Borror and Henry Schmidt. He has also studied with Joseph Alessi, Arnold Jacobs, Dave Fedderly and Milt Stevens.

For your consideration: Two great names in the trombone world. 

Justin (Jay) Cook is the Assistant Professor of Trombone at the University of Central Arkansas where he teaches studio trombone, trombone choir, brass ensembles, and low brass methods. He also serves as the Exhibits Director for the International Trombone Festival.

Justin Cook holds a Bachelor of Music Education and Bachelor of Trombone Performance degree from Northern Arizona University, a Master of Music in Instrumental Conducting from Northern Arizona University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Texas. During the summer of 2009, Mr. Cook was chosen as one of 18 international tenor trombonists to attend the Alessi Seminar where he had the opportunity to work with Joseph Alessi and Peter Ellefson.

Equally at home as an educator and performer, the UCA trombone studio has seen tremendous success since Dr. Cook’s arrival. The studio has tripled in size and now features two trombone choirs: The BearBones Trombone Choir, and the Natural Slides Trombone Choir.  The trombone choirs have performed at the American Trombone Workshop in Washington D.C., the Big 12 Trombone Conference at Texas Tech University, the Arkansas Music Educator’s Conference, and the Texas State Trombone Symposium.  Dr. Cook’s students have graduated and been accepted to some of the nation’s most prestigious universities. For more information about the UCA Trombone Studio please click here.

Dr. Seth T. Vatt has travelled the United States extensively, and is currently a freelance bass trombonist and music educator in Dallas, TX. He has served on the performance faculty at Arizona State University with Ralph Sauer and Sam Pilafian, and has performed with the Phoenix Symphony and Scottsdale Arts Orchestra. While living in Phoenix he was also on faculty teaching music humanities at Phoenix College and within the Maricopa Community College System. In 2010 he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Trombone Performance while serving as a graduate teaching assistant to Ralph Sauer at Arizona State University. He also holds a Master of Music in Trombone Performance degree from ASU and a Bachelors of Music in Music Education from the University of Kentucky. There he was a founding member of the Momus Trombone Quartet, receiving a prestigious research and creativity grant to fund their first CD, "The Lexingport Project" and to compete as a finalist in the 2002 ITF Trombone Quartet Competition. Other performance credits include the DiMartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra, Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Mesa Symphony, Tucson Symphony, New England Brass Band, Arizona Musicfest, Phoenix Theater, Texas Music Festival, and Victory Brass Quintet. Seth also maintains an active low brass studio with students ranging from 4th grade to college level. An active arranger, his music can be found published with Kagarice Brass Editions and Momus Music Editions. His teachers include Ralph Sauer, Dale Warren, Scott Hartman, and Gail Eugene Wilson.

Here's a dual interview with two young trombone greats. José is a Brazilian trombonist with many solo competition wins and is the solo trombone of Orquestra Sinfonica de Porto Alegre. Martin is a globetrotting soloist and the 2nd/bass trombonist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

José's accomplishments can be seen here, along with some amazing recordings: 

https://trombonefestival.net/2018/04/05/artist-spotlight-jose-milton-viera/

and Martin's biography is at the Concertgebouw's website:

https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/martin-schippers

Suffice to say, they are both masters of the craft. Listen as we talk about many things other than the trombone!

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Will Baker is one of the most sought after young Bass Trombonists working today.  He is the Principal Bass Trombonist of the Monterey Symphony and his musicianship has taken him all over the world, including stints with the San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony,  San Diego Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic, and Burning Man 2018 with the ArtHaus Collective.

Before moving to Northern California, Will was the premier bass trombonist in the state of Iowa, performing as the tenured member of Orchestra Iowa from 2013-17 and the Des Moines Symphony since 2014-18. In 2016, while artist in residence with the Southeast Iowa Symphony (SEISO), Will commissioned and premiered a new bass trombone concerto by composer Robert Tindle titled At Sixty Miles An Hour. In 2018, Will premiered the Wind Ensemble arrangement with Travis Cross and the UCLA Wind Ensemble. 

An Edwards Artist and Clinician, Will has presented recitals and masterclasses at universities in California, Iowa, and Missouri. He is a faculty member of Las Positas College and the Fredericksburg Brass Institute, and is a founding member of the Des Moines Low Brass Triumvirate (DMLBT). 

To feed the other side of his soul, Will plays Trombone for the The Sam Cockrell Band (he can be heard on the SCB’s 2015 release Trying to Make a Living Playing my Guitar), and singer/songwriter/trombonist Sean Pawling.

Will earned a Masters Degree in Bass Trombone performance at Northwestern University where he studied with Michael Mulcahy, Randall Hawes, Peter Ellefson, and Tim Higgins. He graduated Cum Laude from UCLA with a BA in music performance, studying Euphonium and Bass Trombone with Patrick Sheridan. It was Mr. Sheridan that inspired Will to forge a career in music, and for this Pat will always be one of his favorite people in the world.

We had the pleasure of sitting down with young phenom Peter Steiner. The globe-trotting soloist has struck out on his own (with the help of his significant other and significant talent Constanze Hochwartner) and made an incomparable career performing recitals, a feat managed by few on our instrument. We had a blast hanging out with Peter before his UCLA recital; enjoy!

Christian needs little introduction. He is one of the most prolific and influential trombonists of all time, conducting and playing his way across the world for the last 40 years. Here's our early morning talk with him. 

"Young new Orleans-bred trombonist and singer, Jeffery Miller has no shortage of believers who recognize his talent." This is obviously true, as Jeffrey has subbed in with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, played in the Disneyland College Band, with the Wynton Marsalis Septet, and is on full scholarship to Julliard. 

We recently sat down with Jeffery for dinner at a local restaurant. Here's the result! Pardon the other guest's noise. 

http://hyperurl.co/losecontroljm

Enjoy our interview with Jon Hatamiya!

From Jon's website at https://www.jonhatamiya.com:

Trombonist, composer, and B.A.C. Endorsing Artist Jon Hatamiya is one of the most promising trombonists to come out of the Sacramento area and is rapidly making a name for himself on both the New York and California music scenes. He was recognized in the August 1st, 2011 edition of Jet Magazine as the only trombonist on Wynton Marsalis’s list of “Who’s Got Next”, which highlighted the next generation of emerging jazz artists. Jon also received a 2015 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award from ASCAP for his merits as a composer and arranger.