THE VSU TROMBONE CHOIR

The Trombone Choir at VSU performs each fall and spring. The group also has performed "live" on local television for the NBC affiliate on channel 10, and twice as a performance clinic group at the Georgia Music Educator's State Convention.  Come hear our spring concert with the VSU Percussion Ensemble!

The VSU Trombone Choir is offered as a course each spring.  The course number is MUSC 3890 section T, and it is open to any VSU student on campus with permission of Dr. Farwell.  The course is designed as a direct supplement to applied trombone study.  Because of the chamber nature of the group and the highly idiomatic writing used in successful trombone ensemble literature, this ensemble provides the trombone student with some of the most challenging performance situations from a variety of technical and musical perspectives.

 

VSU TROMBONE AND PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

Tuesday, March 18, 2007 in Whitehead Auditorium

Bayport Shetches…..........................................................………………………………Jared Spears
Percussion Ensemble

Dialogues……………………………………………………………………..Henry Wolking
Trombone Ensemble

II. Rubato-Espressivo
III. Presto-Agitato

Skylines……………………………………………………………………............David Uber

 I. Manhattan
II. Chicago
III. Boston

Jonathan Lacey, solo bass trombone,
Michael Walker, timpani, Ross Hardin, drums, Valerie Holton, piano

Chamber Music IV (1975)…………………………………………Robert Suderberg
VSU Percussion Ensemble

Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)……………………….Elgar/arr. Sean Harlan

How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place…….………………….Johannes Brahms
 (from A German Requiem, Op. 45)
VSU Trombone Ensemble

Cross Corners……………………………………………..…George Hamilton Green
Percussion Ensemble
Jacob Powers, solo Xylophone

No More Blues………………………………………………Jobim/arr. Kim Scharnberg
Trombone Ensemble

 

VSU TROMBONE, PERCUSSION AND MARIMBA ENSEMBLE

Monday, April 30, 2007 in Whitehead Auditorium

Toccata…..........................................................………………………………Girolamo Frescobaldi/arr. Kagarice
Percussion Ensemble

Miniature Suite……………………………………………………........………….Bill Cahn
Paul Campiglia, conductor
Percussion Ensemble

Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral.…….........…………………………………………………………Richard Wagner/arr. Hanson
Trombone Choir

Farandole……………………....................……..……………………..Bizet/Jeane
Curtis Moody, xylophone solo
Marimba Ensemble

Cathedral Music………..........................................................………………………………Thomas Beversdorf
Nanami Cunningham, conductor, Part I and II,
Trombone Choir

Bolero.…...................................................................................................................………..Rosales/Musser
Percussion Ensemble

When I'm Sixty Four………...................................………...……………………….Paul McCartney/arr. Swanson
Trombone Choir

Back Talk………….................…….…………………Bruer/Gipson
Paul Campiglia, xylophone

 

VSU TROMBONE, PERCUSSION AND MARIMBA ENSEMBLE

Monday, April 3, 2006 in Whitehead Auditorium

Concerto for Vibraphone and Percussion Ensemble……………………………………………………........………….Ney Rosauro
Curtis Moody, vibraphone solo
Mike Dana, conductor

II. Cantilena-homage to Villa Lobos from Three Brazilian Sketches……………………………………………………........………….Barry Ford
Trombone Choir

Two Movements for Mallets……………………………………………………........………….William J. Steinorht
Prelude and Scherzo, Paul Campiglia, conductor
Marimba Ensemble

Christus Factus est……………………………………………………........………….Anton Bruckner/arr. Williams
Trombone Choir

Momentum……………………………………………………........………….William Kraft
David Morris, conductor
Percussion Ensemble

Skirmish……………………………………………………........………….Jeff Reynolds
Trombone Choir

 

VSU TROMBONE AND TUBA/EUPHONIUM ENSEMBLE

October 24, 2006 in Whitehead Auditorium

Fanfare for Trombones…..........................................................………………………………Andrew C. Fox
Ethan Dogan, conductor

Crucifixus……………………………………………………........………….Antonio Lotti

Sonata for Six Trombones.…….........…………………………………………………………Doug Bristol
Trombone Choir

Fanfare for a Friend……………………....................……..……………………..John Stevens

Spiritual Jazz Suite………..........................................................………………………………Lennie Niehaus

Ave Maria.…...................................................................................................................………..Flor Peeters
Nanami Cunningham, conductor

The Bottoms Up Rag………...................................………...……………………….Keith Mehlan
Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble

Andante Cantabile………….................…….…………………P.I. Tchaikovsky

New York, New York...................................................................................................................................John Kander/Gale
Trombone Choir

Sea Shanties...........................................................................................................................arr. Riddley


Benediction.........................................................................................................................John Stevens

25 to 6 to 4.........................................................................................................................Robert Lamm/arr. Bradshaw


Boogie Down.........................................................................................................................Al Jarreau/arr. Bradshaw
Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble

 

VSU TROMBONE, PERCUSSION and MARIMBA ENSEMBLE AND STEEL DRUM BAND

Monday, April 12, 2005 in Whitehead Auditorium

Clintonian Sketch…..........................................................………………………………Jared Spears
Percussion Ensemble

Continental Fanfare……………………………………………………........………….Kenton Bales
Ave Verum Corpus.…….........…………………………………………………………William Byrd
Trombone Choirr

Ragtime Robin……………………....................……..……………………..G.H. Green arr. Becker
Mike Dana xylophone solo
Marimba Ensemble

Contrapunctus IX………..........................................................………………………………J.S. Bach
Suite.…...................................................................................................................………..Flor Peeters
Trombone Choir

African Welcome Piece………...................................………...……………………….Michael Udow
Percussion Ensemble/Trombone Choir

They Didn't Believe Me………….................…….…………………Jerome Kern arr. Bill Holcombe
Fantasia...................................................................................................................................Fritz Velke
Soloist: Christopher Crenshaw
TTrombone Choir

La Isla Bonita...........................................................................................................................Madonna
Sarah.........................................................................................................................Len Boogsie Sharp
Steel Drum Band

 

VSU TROMBONE and PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE AND STEEL DRUM BAND

Monday, March 29, 2004 in Whitehead Auditorium

March for Two Pairs of Kettledrums…………………………………Andrea Philidor (1601-1652)

Tabacσn……………………………………………………........………….Tayloe Harding (b. 1959)

Fugue in C Minor.………………………………………………………………JS Bach (1685-1750)

Tissington Variations…………………………..…………………….Raymond Premru (1934-1998) 

Clapping Music (The Valdosta Version)………………………………………Steve Reich (b. 1937)

Variations Coral and Fugue (over theme by Carl Nielsen)…………..Kjell Roikjer Op. 51 (b.1901)

Stoptime Rag…………………...……………………….Scott Joplin/arr. Genie Burkett (1868-1917)

That’s A-Plenty………….................……………………………………………………arr. Jack Gale

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White......................................................................................Loviguy

Red, Red Wine...................................................................................................................Neil Diamond

Brown Eyed Girl................................................................................................................Van Morrison

 

VSU TROMBONE ENSEMBLE, January 29, 5:00-6:15, 2004; Convention Center, Savannah

Music for Trombone Choir and Organ

Canzona sopra Rugier (1634)……………………………………………Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
    arr. Peter Reichert

Holy, Holy, Holy…………………………………………………………from Catholic Mass
    arr. Doug Farwell

Psalm 84: Cantique de Jean Racine.…………………………………....Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
    arr. Tom Godfrey

Bogoroditse Devo, Raduisya (Ave Maria).……………………………Sergey Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
    arr. Doug Farwell

Let Their Celestial Concerts all Unite.…………………………………G.F. Handel (1685-1759)

Inveni David...............................................................................................Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

 

VSU TROMBONE ENSEMBLE, March 11, 2003; Whitehead Auditorium, 7:30 PM

Tower Music……………………………………………………………...Vaclav Nelhybel

Ave Maria………………………………………………………………....Franz Biebl
    arr. Doug Farwell

Razzazza Mazzazza………………………………………………………...Arthur Pryor
    Erin Palmer and Lindsay O'Leary, piano

Nimrod from Enigma Variations…………………………………………...Edward Elgar
    arr. Sean Harlan

Inveni David………………………………………………………………..Anton Bruckner

Crucifixus…………………………………………………………………...Antonio Lotti

How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place from A German Requiem op. 45.….....Johannes Brahms

There is No Rose Of Such Virture………………………………………….Anonymous
    arr. Steve Perdicaris

George M. Cohan Medley………………………………………………arr. by Paul Nagle
    Drew Lloyd, bass; Stephen McCormick, drums

 

VSU TROMBONE ENSEMBLE,  March 16, 2003; Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 3:00 PM

Dr. Doug Farwell, Director: Wes Babcock and Stephen Hoy, trombone solos; Andy Daughtry, organ

Tower Music……………………………………………………………Vaclav Nelhybel

Ave Maria………………………………………………………………Franz Biebl
    arr. Doug Farwell

Sonata for Trombone and Organ………………………………………Gustav Holst
    Stephen Hoy, trombone

Let Their Celestial Concerts all unite………………………….............George Frederick Handel

Nimrod from Enigma Variations………………………………………..Edward Elgar
    arr. Sean Harlan (VSU Composition Major)

Inveni David……………………………………………………………..Anton Bruckner

Sonatina (mvt. II)………………………………………………………...Jacques Casterede
    Wesley Babcock, trombone

Crucifixus………………………………………………………………....Antonio Lotti

How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place fromA German Requiem op. 45.…..Johannes Brahms

Psalm 84: Cantique de Jean Racine……………………………………..Gabriel Faure

There is No Rose Of Such Virture……………………………………....Anonymous
    arr. Steve Perdicaris

Cathedral Music……………………………………………………….....Thomas Beversdorf
    Part II:
        2. The Earth is the Lord’s
        3. Make Known Your Thanksgiving


The Blazing 'Bones (l-r) Nathan NeSmith, Joseph Mix, Wes Babcock, and Aaron Roth
The VSU Blazing 'Bones (pictured above) competed at the 1999 MTNA State Collegiate Chamber Music Competition.

The performance included the following works:
Padouna, Schein
Crucifixus, Lotti
Drei Equale, Beethoven
Suite for Trombones, Serocki
Ιtre Ou Ne Pas Ιtre, Tomasi
Quartet for Trombones, Culver