Which one’s the new bass trombone?
UncategorizedMartha Eikemo Andersen from Norway today won the bass trombone audition for the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Martha Eikemo Andersen from Norway today won the bass trombone audition for the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
We hear this morning that the influential German…
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The Virginia Symphony Orchestra has bestowed the title…
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Was there not a female trombonist in a German orchestra some time ago?
yes, her name is Abbie Conant. She was fired by Celibidache because she wasn’t a man and when they hired her (for a brief period in Germany, auditions were behind a screen), they thought her name was Abraham. This was in the ’70’s.
Ah, yes. Just googled it. It seems the conductor did not believe in her breathing technique and complained she always had a red face.
Actually there are six or seven…
“Never make eye contact with the trombone section. It only encourages them” (attributed to several well known conductors)