Trombone Choir
The University of Texas Trombone Choir is directed by Nathaniel Brickens, since 2000, and was founded in the fall of 1977 by UT professor emeritus and trombone legend, Donald Knaub. The ensemble serves as a laboratory extension of the UT Trombone Studio and specializes in performing original music written for 4- to 16-part ensembles of trombones. As a testament to the group's artistry, the UT Trombone Choir was named winner of the 2007 and 2002 Emory Remington International Trombone Choir Competitions, and were featured at the 2009, 2006 and 2002 Eastern Trombone Workshop in Washington DC and the 2010 International Trombone Festival. They also presented a showcase performance at the Kennedy Center in our nation's capitol in March of 2006, one of the first trombone choirs to be so honored. The Choir conducted a three-city tour of Brazil during the summer of 2004, performing and presenting masterclasses at universities in Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro Federal University) and Sao Paulo (Santa Marcelina University) en route to a showcase concert at the Brazilian Trombone Festival at Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos in Porto Alegre. Trip highlights included a performance and interview on South America's most popular TV talk show, "Programa do Jo"; and a standing-room-only performance for nearly 2,000 attendees in Rio's oldest and most important cathedral, Igreja da Candelaria. Their CD, Christmas with the UT Trombone Choir, was submitted by the recording industry for Grammy Nomination consideration. The UT Jazz Bones, a more recent addition to the UT trombone ensemble lineup, was named winner of the 2001 and 2007 International Trombone Association's Kai Winding Jazz Trombone Ensemble Competition, and the 2007 ETW Jazz Trombone Ensemble competition.
How to joinOpen to all UT students by audition.
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