Edwards

Last month, Eric Bowman traveled to the International Trombone Festival in Aarhus, Denmark in order to take part in the ITA’s Carl Fontana Jazz Trombone Competition. He beat out the other talented finalists and won his very own Edwards T302. Eric is a student at Western Michigan University where he studies with Scott Cowan and Steve Wolfinbarger.

A little over a week ago, Eric and his friends stopped by our shop so that I could fit him to one of our jazz horns. Working with talented young players like Eric always reminds me that I need to practice more. It also makes my job that much more rewarding.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I wanted to invite you to my recital program in Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of my seminar. (below) I am looking forward to working with all the students and hope that you can stop by for this free concert. We would like to encourage any of your students to attend the seminar as well. Peter Ellefson and Jon Whitaker will be assisting me with all of the teaching and coaching. There a few more auditor spots left. If you or someone would be interested in attending, please contact Jon Whitaker at alessiseminar (at) me (dot) com.

Best Regards,

Joseph Alessi
Principal Trombone
New York Philharmonic
The Juilliard School

Alessi Seminar 2009

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Evening Recital, Thursday August 6th 7:30pm
Keller Hall

Joseph Alessi, Trombone
Eric Huebner, Piano

Program

• J. Guy Ropartz
  Piece in Eb
• Antonio Vivaldi
  Largo (from Piccolo Concerto) arr. Elkjer
• Marc Lys
  Sonateen ager
• Darius Milhaud
  Concertino d’Hiver
• Intermission
• Kazimierz Serocki
  Sonatina
• Nicola Ferro
  Notes of Love
• Paul Creston
  Fantasy

We really enjoyed Diane Birch’s performance on David Letterman last night, not only because she’s a great singer, but also because she knows how to accessorize her band. Hopefully we’ll see more trombone quartets backing up vocalists!

The trombonists are Tom “Bones” Malone, Birch Johnson, Joseph Alessi and David Taylor.

Joseph Alessi and David Taylor will be appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman this Wednesday, July 22. They will be backing up singer Diane Birch with Tom “Bones” Malone and Birch Johnson. As always, the music spot comes at the end of the show.

Do you remember those tan Edwards travel cases we used to sell? We’re going to start selling them again because we recently found quite a few while going through our inventory.

If you purchase any T350(E), Alessi T396-A or B454(E), we can offer you one of these vintage-style travel cases at cost. That’s $170 for tenor and $175 for bass. When these cases are gone, the sale is over. We still have our current cases and gig bags for sale, but if you’re a fan of tan, give Cathy a call to place your order:

(800) 562-6838

View image of open case

Our web site will soon be undergoing a major facelift. We’re excited about the change and a little overwhelmed with all the work left to do. Ron has been busy taking new instrument shots, Christan has been working on content, and I have been comping and coding late into the night.

With all the work that goes into building a site, we’ve decided that we can no longer support IE6, a browser that was released over 8 years ago. In that time, I’ve gotten married, had a kid, and lost a significant portion of my sanity while trying to get stuff to work in that browser. But I digress…

We strongly suggest you upgrade to a new browser that supports web standards. Here are a few we like:

Firefox (our favorite)
Safari
Chrome
Internet Explorer 8

If for some reason you can’t upgrade your browser (or use Firefox… hint, hint), don’t worry. You will still be able to view all the content our site has to offer. It just won’t look as pretty as it should.

We’re thrilled to announce that Amanda Stewart has won the New York Philharmonic associate principal trombone position. Amanda is currently the acting principal trombonist in the San Antonio Symphony.

Nathan Zgonc, also an Edwards artist, was the other finalist for the position.

It’s not often we can deliver an instrument within a month’s time. But we can do just that after we recently hired more help. We are now at the point where we can deliver a trombone in 1-2 weeks if the bell is in stock. Trumpets take just a week or two longer.

This isn’t likely to last as we’ll get an influx of orders once school starts. Call me at 800.562.6838 to talk about options.