UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:
I’m honored to be featured with the United States Navy Band performing Colors by Bert Appermont. The concert will take place March 21st, 7:00 PM at the Hyton Center in Manassas, VA. Lieutenant JG Tony Garcia and Commander C.S. White will lead the ensemble in a program highlighting music from the silver screen.
On March 23rd at 3:00 PM, I’ll be appearing in recital at Walker Chapel UMC in Arlington VA. I will be playing the Meditation from Thais by Massenet with Harpist Madeline Jarzembak. I’d love to see you there!
Both performances are free and open to the public.
American Trombone Workshop
I will once again be attending the ATW (March 20-24), so please stop by and say hi. Also, if you’re in town for the workshop, check out one (or both!) of my solo performances listed above.
Links
I’ve added a new page to my site where you can find links to various artists and companies that do brilliant work for the musical community. Please check them out and support them if you can!
New Pieces!
Concertos for Trumpet and Bass Trombone
I’m excited to share that I’ve just written a trumpet concerto called Cavallo Libero. It’s a dramatic and lyrical showpiece for solo trumpet and wind ensemble that I hope players will find challenging and fun. Please take a listen - the score and parts will be ready for purchase very shortly!
I’m also thrilled to be writing a concerto for bass trombone and orchestra which I’m calling Concerto in Giallo. The work is an homage to the groundbreaking artists in the Italian avant-garde film movement known as Giallo. The moody, gothic, and synth-laced scores by Claudio Simonetti, Bruno Nicolai, and others provide inispiration for what I believe will be a powerful, crowd-pleasing addition to the repertoire. Eyeing a completion date mid-fall of 2023, this piece will show off the solo bass trombone in all its tenderness, brawn, and operatic extravagance!
Coming soon…
American Trombone Workshop 2023 Kicks Off!
This year I’ll be attending the American Trombone Workshop in Washington DC - please come by and say hello if you happen to be there. I will have my music available in the exhibit hall and will also have the honor of serving as a panelist for the National Solo Competition (Tenor Category) on the 9th. Can’t wait to hear some great playing! Find out more about the Workshop here:
https://www.usarmyband.com/workshops/the-american-trombone-workshop
Premiere Date Set for Caprice
In other news, my new piece for solo piccolo and flute choir will be premiered on April 13th in The Villages, FL. My mother-in-law Julie Waller will be the soloist and my family will be joining. Coincidentally, April 13 is my wife’s and my fourth anniversary and it will be great to see everyone again.
Coming Soon…
Look for information on a new piece for trumpet and orchestra/band. I’m in the final stages of work on Il Cavallo Sfrenato (“The Unbridled Horse”), and I’m looking forward to sharing it with the world!
-Andy
New pieces for 2023!
I’ve added two new pieces to my catalogue for January of 2023 - one is called Caprice (for Solo Piccolo and Flute Choir) and the other is Round Trip (for Alto Saxophone and Marimba). I’m thrilled to announce that Round Trip had a succesful premiere on January 14th at the International Saxophone Symposium in Washington, DC. The piece was written for Jonathan Yanik and percussionist Joseph Gonzalez, who gave it its first performance. More information about the event can be found here:
https://www.navyband.navy.mil/saxophone/
I’ll be sure to have the live recording up on the site as soon as it is available.
ROUND TRIP
for Alto Saxophone and Marimba
CAPRICE
for Solo Piccolo and Flute Choir
Caprice was written as a gift to my mother-in-law Julie Waller, a very accomplished flute and piccolo player. It is scheduled to be premiered on April 13th in The Villages, FL. Please visit the “Works” page to find out more and hear a MIDI rendering of the piece.
Happy New Year to you all!
Andy