John Swallow Speaks About His Life In Music

Описание: John Swallow Speaks About His Life In Music. Reflections on his sixty year career as a trombonist, in conversation with Abbie Conant on April 16, 2009. For more info see the website of Abbie Conant at:
http://www.osborne-conant.org/John_Sw...

1. How John started the trombone 0:00
2. Early professional playing jobs 5:37
3. John's teacher at Juilliard, Davis Schumann 6:17
4. Some of John's first jobs, Utah Symphony, Ballet Russe, and others 7:12
5. Discussion of commuting and his life as a very active freelancer 11:49
6. His most influential teachers 13:59
7. Davis Schumann and his pioneering work as a soloist 15:11
8. John's study with De Biasi (first trb. in the NBC Symphony) 16:11
9. The etude books John worked with as a student 17:16
10. John's early work as a soloist 18:09
11. Early days of the New York Brass Quintet and the origins of the genre 19:36
12. The NYBQ -- the origins and development of brass quintet literature 23:05
13. The Alvin Ettler and Malcom Arnold brass quintets 24:28
14. Gunther Schuller's Eine kleine Posaunenmusik 26:23
15. Luciano Berio's Sequenza V 33:49
16. Sequenza V and learning the importance of stage demeanor 37:22
17. New music and the importance of multi-metric etudes 40:01
18. Early work with Arthur Weissburg's new music ensemble 42:07
19. Darius Milhaud's Concertino d'hiver for trombone and string orchestra 43:17
20. John's favorite pieces 47:39
21. John's teaching philosophy 48:40
22. Early advocacy of the alto trombone 56:53
23. Pet Peeve #1: Unsophisticated attitudes about alternate positions 58:44
24. The Chicago Experience and Fritz Reiner 1:00:02
25. Thoughts about the "ideal" trombone sound and John's interest in jazz 1:05:31
26. Getting students to play more musically 1:07:23
27. What would you say to young trombone players today? 1:09:20
28. Problems with the audition process 1:10:47
29. More on alternate positions, and thoughts about a new Chinese trombone... 1:11:41
30. Pet Peeve #2: Predictability of articulation 1:12:37
31. Pet Peeve #3: Bigger is better 1:15:23
32. Postscript: Thoughts about being controversial 1:20:34
33. Gallery of Smiles 1:20:52