John Williams recently turned 90 years old, a milestone celebrated by the National Symphony Orchestra in a concert last month. Craig Mulcahy, David Murray, and Matthew Guilford performed that evening, and I’m not ashamed to say that I’m jealous of those three, especially since John Williams was in the audience and conducted “The Imperial March”...
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A native of Colorado, Craig Mulcahy joined the National Symphony Orchestra trombone section in 2006. This past October, he was appointed to the position of Principal Trombone by the NSO’s new Music Director, Christoph Eschenbach. Prior to this appointment, he held the positions of Principal Trombone of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra for seven...
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UPDATE: The concert video is now available in the Millennium Stage archives. The Trombones of the Kennedy Center will present a recital on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center on April 4 at 6pm. The event is free (no tickets required) and will be streamed live and archived at www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium. The group features the trombone sections of the National...
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We recently featured Craig Mulcahy as our May artist of the month. As a follow-up, Craig sat down with Chris Branagan to discuss his music career, taking auditions, and equipment. As a bonus, we get to hear Craig sounding great while warming up for a rehearsal. Our favorite line… “I can’t say that I was...
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Chances are, if you’ve been to see a performance of the National Symphony Orchestra in the last eight years, you’ve had the pleasure of hearing Craig Mulcahy lead the trombone section. Mulcahy has been a member of the NSO since 2005 and its principal trombonist since 2010. He has brought his very own richness, color,...
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When we first published our site years ago, the artist page (yep, there was just one back then) received plenty of traffic. It contained very little information other than our artists’ horn specs, but that didn’t stop many of us from visiting every few days or weeks. Some used the information it contained to figure...
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