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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David Murray was appointed second trombone of the National Symphony Orchestra by Christoph Eschenbach in 2014. He has also performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore, Cincinnati, Jacksonville, San Antonio, and San Diego symphonies, the Louisiana Philharmonic, and the Washington National Opera Orchestra, among others. Internationally, Murray has performed as guest principal trombone with the...
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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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