American Trombone Workshop
The American Trombone Workshop is one of the largest annual events for trombone in the world, featuring recitals, concerts, workshops, and competitions for musicians of all ages.
Mar 8, 2023 - Mar 11, 2023
2023 Schedule of Events
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12:00PM - Recital featuring SSG Jonathan Kraft, Rai Morales, and Dr. Elizabeth Shafer 1:30PM - National Bass Trombone Solo Competition 3:30PM - National Jazz Solo Competition 6:00PM - Recital - The French Trombone featuring Scott Anderson 7 :30PM - Washington Trombone Ensemble Concert with guest soloist Peter Steiner
Exhibits open from 12PM - 6PM at Spates Club
10:00AM - Group Warm-up all are welcome to bring their horns 12:00PM - Recital featuring SSG Michael Burner, Alex Handley, Dr. Justin Isenhour, Dr. Jeremy Marks, MU1 Mike Steiger, and Dr. Caroline Steiger 1:00PM - National Tenor Trombone Solo Competition 3:30PM - Recital with Peter Steiner and Constanze Hochwartner 5:00PM - Masterclass featuring Jeremy Wilson 7:30PM - U.S. Army Blues featuring Vincent Gardner, trombone
Exhibits open from 9AM - 6PM at Spates Club
10:00AM - Group Warm-up all are welcome to bring their horns 12:00PM - Recital featuring the Joint Military Trombone Quartet ; Will Porter; and Slides in Harmony: Megan Boutin, Nathaniel Lee, Sterling Tanner, Zsolt Szabo 1:30PM - Masterclass with Seraph Brass 2:45PM - University of Delaware Trombone Choir Recital 4:00PM - Ithaca Trombone Choir Recital 5:30PM - Jazz Trombone Ensemble Competition Winners’ Recital 7:30PM - The U.S. Army Orchestra with MU1 Myles Blakemore, trombone; Christopher Davis, bass trombone; Jeremy Wilson, trombone
Exhibits open from 9AM - 3PM at Spates Club
9:00AM - Group Warm-up all are welcome to bring their horns 10:30AM - National Trombone Quartet Competition Winners’ Recital 11:30AM - Free Time to visit Exhibits at Spates Club 1:00PM - University of Kentucky Trombone Choir Recital 2:15PM - Eastman Trombone Choir Recital 3:30PM - Education Panel 4:30PM - Capitol Bones Recital 7:30PM - The U.S. Army Concert Band featuring Seraph Brass; SSG Kyle Gordon, bass trombone; Brad White, trombone 9:00PM - Reception (Sponsored by the USO)
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The 2023 American Trombone Workshop will be held at Brucker Hall on historic Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, VA. A link to live events will be found on Facebook. To watch and keep up with the latest ATW news, please visit our Facebook Page.
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2023 Featured Artists
Guest Artists for the 2022 American Trombone Workshop include Vincent Gardner, Seraph Brass, MU1 Myles Blakemore, Chris Davis, SSG Kyle Gordon, Jeremy Wilson, and Brad White
Vincent Gardner
Vincent Gardner
Vincent Gardner was born in Chicago in 1972 and was raised in Hampton, Virginia. After singing, playing piano, violin, saxophone, and French horn at an early age, he decided on the trombone at age 12. He attended Florida A&M University and the University of North Florida. He soon caught the ear of Mercer Ellington, who hired Gardner for his first professional job. After graduating from college, he moved to Brooklyn, New York, completed a world tour with Lauryn Hill in 2000, then joined the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Gardner has served as instructor at The Juilliard School, as visiting instructor at Florida State University and Michigan State University, and as adjunct instructor at The New School. He has contributed many arrangements to the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and other ensembles. In 2009 he was commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center to write “The Jesse B. Semple Suite,” a 60-minute suite inspired by the short stories of Langston Hughes. Gardner is featured on a number of notable recordings and has recorded five CDs as a leader for Steeplechase Records. He has performed with The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin, Harry Connick, Jr., The Saturday Night Live Band, Chaka Khan, A Tribe Called Quest, and many others.
The Capitol Bones
The Capitol Bones
Founded in 1991, the Capitol Bones are the Premier jazz trombone ensemble in the Washington DC area.
From the nation's capital comes a new voice. The Capitol Bones, Washington, DC's premiere jazz trombone ensemble, offers something exciting and new for jazz lovers everywhere, with an added treat for those treasured listeners who appreciate and seek out great trombone playing.
Group founder and leader Matt Niess brought together the best jazz trombonists in DC, an area known for the depth of its trombone bench, to participate in a group dedicated to promoting not only great ensemble playing but the expansion of the repetoire of this unique medium. Since its inception in 1991 The Capitol Bones have played throughout the country to include performances at The International Trombone Workshop in Las Vegas-Nevada & Rochester- NY, jazz clubs, Universities and an annual appearance at The Eastern Trombone Workshop in Washington, DC. In addition to the standard arrangements The Capitol Bones have added several new works to the jazz trombone ensemble repetoire by such notables as Conrad Herwig, Mike Tomaro, Mark Taylor, Jim Roberts and Matt Niess.
SSG Kyle Gordon
bass trombone
bass trombone
SSG Kyle Gordon
Harlan, IA
Group: The U.S. Army Concert Band
Joined the Band: 2019
Alum: Drake University / Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (in progress)
SSG Kyle Gordon is the bass trombonist in The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” Concert Band. Prior to this position, he was the bass trombonist of the Houston Grand Opera, a position he held for 3 seasons. Kyle received his Master of Music in trombone performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he was awarded the Performer’s Certificate recognizing his outstanding work as a solo performer and was the winner of the brass concerto competition. His teachers included M. Dee Stewart, Dr. Graydon McGrannahan, and Jared Rodin. Prior to his studies at Indiana University, Kyle received a bachelor’s degree in K-12 Instrumental and Vocal Music Education from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. He has additional studies in early music and bass sackbut. Kyle has served as a freelance educator and has taught as adjunct faculty at both Drake University and Lonestar Community College. He can be heard on recordings with the U.S. Army Band, as well as Drake University’s Wind Symphony. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and was the recipient of the James M. Cox Memorial Scholarship for young music educators.
SSG Jonathan Kraft
trombone
trombone
SSG Jonathan Kraft
Pearland, TX
Group: The U.S. Army Ceremonial Band
Joined the Band: 2021
Alum: Indiana University / Northwestern University
SSG Jonathan Kraft, originally from Pearland, TX, joined The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” in March 2021. He completed his bachelor’s degree in Music Performance at Indiana University in May 2018. While at IU, Kraft was a participant at a handful of summer trombone seminars and workshops including the 2016 Southeast Trombone Symposium, where he was a finalist in the S.E. Shires Solo Competition. Kraft won the IU brass concerto competition and performed the Gordon Jacob Trombone Concerto with the IU Symphonic band in April 2018. After graduating from IU, Kraft went on to earn his master’s degree in Music Performance at Northwestern University in December 2020. Outside of his schooling, Kraft freelanced and subbed with multiple ensembles including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on concerts at the Ravinia Festival and at the Symphony Center. In the summers of 2017 and 2019, he was a participant at the National Orchestral Institute Festival at The Clarice in College Park, Maryland. His past teachers include Michael Mulcahy, Douglas Wright, Timothy Higgins, Christopher Davis, Randall Hawes, Peter Ellefson and Brian Logan. Along with the trombone, Kraft enjoys disc golf, exploring nature, Houston sports, and spending time with his family.
MSG Daniel Ord
euphonium / Section Leader
euphonium
MSG Daniel Ord
Warner Robins, GA
Group: The U.S. Army Ceremonial Band
Joined the Band: 2014
Alum: Columbus State University / University of North Texas
MSG Daniel Ord enlisted in the Army in 2007 and quickly was appointed to prestigious assignments within the band field. Within a year of joining, he was selected to be the euphonium instructor at the Armed Forces School of Music in Norfolk, VA, where he taught incoming Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines as they entered the service bands. He was then assigned to the United States Army Europe Band in Sembach, Germany where he served as the Team Leader and trombone player for the award-winning ensemble "Kaiser Brass." He became a member of the U.S. Army Ceremonial Band in 2014.Through his Army career, Ord has earned numerous awards including Distinguished Honor Graduate and the Distinguished Leadership Award at the Army Advanced Leader Course. He is also a two-time recipient of the Colonel Finley Hamilton award. Ord enjoys cycling, practicing, and spending time with his wife, son, and two pups.
SSG Michael Burner
trombone
trombone
SSG Michael Burner
Rogers, AR
Group: The U.S. Army Ceremonial Band
Joined the Band: 2020
Alum: University of Arkansas
SSG Michael Burner joined The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" in April 2020. A native of Rogers, AR, he studied at the University of Arkansas, and the Mannes School of Music.
Before his position with "Pershing's Own," Burner was a freelance musician in New York City, where he performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New England Symphonic Ensemble, and the Chamber Orchestra of New York, along with performances of Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals. Additionally, Burner was a member of the Arkansas Philharmonic for four seasons, and has performed as a soloist with the University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and New Music Ensemble. His teachers and mentors have included Weston Sprott, Demian Austin, Nicholas Schwartz, Gerald Sloan, Cory Mixdorf, and David Finlayson.
Service Member Seminar
The American Trombone Workshop’s Service Member Seminar is an opportunity for Active Duty, National Guard, And Reserve Military Personnel to experience the Workshop to its fullest potential. Seminar attendees will attend a prescribed number of the workshop’s events, attend dress rehearsals and gain special access to the visiting artists including exclusive question and answer sessions and a private one hour lesson, all free of charge. All seminar members will receive a certificate upon completion.
Who is Eligible: Active Duty, National Guard, and Reserve Military Personnel
Requirements: Seminar members must attend the required events as listed on the "Required Event Planning and Signature Sheet" and obtain signatures from the designated United States Army Band representative or designated visiting artist at each event.
To register and for more information contact SSG Katy Thigpen
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