STS 2015 Faculty Orchestral Excerpts masterclass

The faculty of the 2015 Southeast Trombone Symposium present a low brass orchestral excerpts masterclass at STS 2015. For a listing of the excerpts and start times look a little further down in the description. Featured in this video are STS 2015 Faculty Colin Williams and George Curran (New York Philharmonic), Nathan Zgonc and Brian Hecht (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), James Nova (Pittsburgh Symphony), Bradley Palmer (Columbus State University faculty). They are joined on tuba by Andrew Miller (Alabama Symphony, Columbus State University faculty). All of the STS faculty are S.E. Shires artists.

Excerpts performed in this video:
0:15 Berlioz - Hungarian March
0:54 Bruckner - Symphony #7
2:48 Brahms - Symphony #1
4:04 Respighi - Fountains of Rome
5:08 Shostakovich - Symphony #7
9:25 Strauss - Alpine Symphony
12:07 Brahms - Symphony #2
13:26 Tchaikovsky - Symphony #6
14:12 Wagner - Ring Cycle
16:26 Holst - The Planets
19:18 Nielsen - Symphony #4
20:30 Bruckner - Symphony #8

[zackmacomber]

Love it. I'm a double bassist and love and appreciate my low end siblings in the brass section. Wish I could upvote many times

[Bone_cutter]

Nothing more pure than a low brass section sounding like an Organ. Oh and viva la Bass Trombone.

[Brassglassman]

The fact that George Curran can hold the pedal E in Rheingold for 2 whole bars baffles me. So glad I got to here this live last year.

[taylorfong]

The Shostakovich 7th was pretty damn spectacular. Nice going, guys.

[Pwnageonaplate]

Shostakovich-Symphony 7 was amazing...

[kpbressanelli]

14:57 Nicely done Nathan Zgonc. Your reaction from nailing that lick is awesome!

[redpizzabird]

14:53 the bass trombone.... oh my god...

[klemmeister]

I keep listening to this trying to make sure this is the sound that is in my head--and comes out of my horn.

[disgustangy]

I came here searching for some good trombone and that’s exactly what I got. God bless

[jeremyquiros]

When George and Brian start playing in unison on the Shostakovich... Wow

[brandonbruce]

Absolutely love the sound on the Leningrad Symphony excerpt. So resonant and the balance between the trombones and tuba are exquisite!

[AdamKeele]

I've watched/listened to this several times a years since being uploaded and I think it's been an opened tab on my laptop for about 1.5 years now. I'm a trumpet player too. Not enough trumpet players doing things like this.

[moist_soup]

Brian Hecht has a tone like a string bass it’s so beautiful

[BrianJohnstonTrombone]

Where can I get a set of lungs like Curran's?

[santadavid]

Fun to listen to and "hear" the rest of the orchestra in your mind playing with them.

[eliafanucci]

4:28 the bass trombone's part is amazing

[ianmintz]

I love how they decided to add in a bass trumpet, a euphonium, and a bass trombone into the group.

[Gotter]

Wow. Marathon sitting! So glad to hear Shoshie 7!!! Too bad they didn't do the 4th mvt. Thank you so much for posting this!

[wrbutler]

I'll bet those 2 bass trombonists go home every night and eat raw meat until it's time to play again. That bald guy has ice water running through his veins. All was magnificent!

[Pantheragatos]

You know that Shostakovich loved trombones/low brass ;-)