The many excellent jazz and dance band players had moved on from these small bore trombones on which they had made their earliest beginnings, and some American instruments – mainly from pre-war days, were to be found by 1950 – King 2B, Conn 6H and “Super” Olds. When one realizes that these early 20th century orchestral trombones here in Britain had a completely different sound from what has now become a world standard the question is how we arrived at what we have today. They continued to be standard equipment in the many thousands of brass and military bands that existed after WW2 until the 1960s. Until the 1940’s the small bore (0.450”) trombones that Elgar and Holst had known and played were in universal use. I improved my orchestral playing skills fast – I had to! My natural cockiness was just about tolerated but I found that my more experienced colleagues were very powerful influences. The average age would have been about 40, so that as a 19-year-old I felt very junior.
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Most brass and many woodwind players had been military musicians early in their lives and had acquired infallible reading skills and general resourcefulness that made them superb at professional work.
There were relative few orchestral musicians around in those far-off days and their career paths were very different from those of today. In July 1950 my career as a professional orchestral player began when I took the job as 2nd trombone of the orchestra at Bournemouth, then known as the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, working in a very pleasant seaside town in the south of England. The clinics they conduct cover a broad spectrum of topics and, based on your input, can be customized to fit the needs of your students. These highly trained professional educators and performers will engage your students through educational and fun sessions. The goal for the Vandoren Artist-Clinicians program is to enhance the quality of the music experience through education and the assistance of Vandoren. It is the philosophy of Vandoren to stay close the musicians for new product design, repertoire development, and other contributions to their art. Vandoren Artists can be heard with world-class orchestras and chamber groups, in jazz clubs and theaters, on award winning recordings, or found at universities educating the next wave of promising musicians. The Vandoren Artist family is comprised of some of the finest woodwind performers and educators from around the world.
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