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The Guidonian Hand trombone quartet www.arielartists.com · [email protected] biography Hailed by the New York Times for their “expertly played” performances displaying “meaty lower brass textures,” the Guido- nian Hand Trombone Quartet is New York City’s leading modern trombone collective. They have performed and premiered works at the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society Master Class Series as well as Le Poisson Rouge, The Stone, The Juilliard School, Galapagos Art Space, Manhattan School of Music, The Tank, Mannes College of Music, New York University, and the Gershwin Hotel’s New Music series. In July 2010, the Guidonian Hand performed a concert at the International Trombone Festival in Austin, TX, which was broadcast online all over the world. This adventurous ensemble collaborates frequently with living composers to expand, study, and perform new music for low brass. In addition to modern literature, the Guidonian Hand gives a fresh voice to classic repertoire as well as the latest scholarly editions of Renaissance works. The Hand is passionate about creating original performance experiences that blend music with other art forms such as film, dance, theatre and spoken word. Nestled in the heart of New York City’s vibrant music scene, the Guidonian Hand has worked exclusively with and premiered works by composers including Conrad Winslow, J. Mark Stambaugh, Galen Brown, and Jeremy Howard Beck, the ensemble’s Compos- er-in-Residence for the 2010/11 season. Looking toward the future, composers James Bergin, Max Seigel, Gary Philo and Chris Cerrone are currently creating pieces for the ensemble. The Hand also looks forward to returning to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia to give a joint master class and recital, as well as presenting a master class at West Chester University during the 2010/11 concert season. Members of the Guidonian Hand have performed with numerous symphony orchestras including the Dallas Symphony, Utah Symphony, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Akron Symphony, New Hampshire Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, National Orchestral Institute, Canton Symphony, and the Western New York Chamber Orchestra and Symphony in Camden. Now calling New York City home, the trombonists of the Hand hail from all across the country, being natives of California, New York, Texas and Utah. They hold graduate degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory and Mannes College of Music. The Guidonian Hand is Mark Broschinsky, William Lang, Sebastian Vera and James Rogers. Photo by David Finlayson
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The Guidonian Hand trombone quartet

www.arielartists.com · [email protected]

biography

Hailed by the New York Times for their “expertly played”

performances displaying “meaty lower brass textures,” the Guido-

nian Hand Trombone Quartet is New York City’s leading modern

trombone collective. They have performed and premiered works

at the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society Master Class Series

as well as Le Poisson Rouge, The Stone, The Juilliard School,

Galapagos Art Space, Manhattan School of Music, The Tank,

Mannes College of Music, New York University, and the Gershwin

Hotel’s New Music series. In July 2010, the Guidonian Hand

performed a concert at the International Trombone Festival in

Austin, TX, which was broadcast online all over the world. This

adventurous ensemble collaborates frequently with living

composers to expand, study, and perform new music for low

brass. In addition to modern literature, the Guidonian Hand gives a

fresh voice to classic repertoire as well as the latest scholarly

editions of Renaissance works. The Hand is passionate about

creating original performance experiences that blend music with

other art forms such as film, dance, theatre and spoken word.

Nestled in the heart of New York City’s vibrant music scene, the

Guidonian Hand has worked exclusively with and premiered works

by composers including Conrad Winslow, J. Mark Stambaugh,

Galen Brown, and Jeremy Howard Beck, the ensemble’s Compos-

er-in-Residence for the 2010/11 season. Looking toward the future,

composers James Bergin, Max Seigel, Gary Philo and Chris

Cerrone are currently creating pieces for the ensemble. The Hand also looks forward to returning to the University of the Arts in

Philadelphia to give a joint master class and recital, as well as presenting a master class at West Chester University during the 2010/11

concert season.

Members of the Guidonian Hand have performed with numerous symphony orchestras including the Dallas Symphony, Utah

Symphony, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Akron Symphony, New Hampshire Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, National Orchestral

Institute, Canton Symphony, and the Western New York Chamber Orchestra and Symphony in Camden.

Now calling New York City home, the trombonists of the Hand hail from all across the country, being natives of

California, New York, Texas and Utah. They hold graduate degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory

and Mannes College of Music.

The Guidonian Hand is Mark Broschinsky, William Lang, Sebastian Vera and James Rogers.

Photo by David Finlayson

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The Guidonian Hand trombone quartet

program offerings for 2011/12 season

TRANSCENDENT SONORITIES : CHORAL WORKS FOR THE TROMBONE

Mozart, Double Fugue (from The Requiem Mass in D minor)

Brahms, Marienlieder

Debussy, Trois Chansons

Haydn, Achieved Is Thy Glorious Work (from The Creation)

Mendelssohn, Equale No. 3

Hindemith, Three Songs for Male Choir

Bruckner, Motets

Machaut, selections from the Notre Dame Mass

Pérotin, Viderunt Omnes

Designed to match the range and timbre of the human voice, the

trombone has spent centuries filling out and accompanying

sacred choirs. This program allows the trombone to move to

the foreground and show the beauty and power that has been

hidden in the back row of the orchestra. This program of

powerful arrangements of vocal works covers multiple eras, from

11th-century four-part organum, through the classicism of Mozart

and Haydn, to the 20th-century male choir works of Debussy and

Hindemith.

FOUR PILLARS OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Shostakovich, 8th String Quartet (arr. Mark Hetzler)

Stravinsky, Concertino (arr. Mark Hetzler)

Bartók, 10 Easy Pieces for Piano (arr. James Rogers)

Webern, Langsamer Satz (arr. Mark Hetzler)

The 20th Century was the most remarkable time in Western

art music. No era before it saw such diversification of styles, nor

the creation of so many original personal musical languages.

This program is a sampling of four of the most revered

composers to live through (and react to) a century of ideas, wars,

and discoveries.

THE ART OF THE FUGUE

Contrapunctus No. 1 ~ Original Theme

Contrapunctus No. 4 ~ Inverted Theme

2-Part Invention No. 1

Contrapunctus No. 5 ~ Stretto Theme

Contrapunctus No. 7 ~ Augmented and Diminished Themes

Contrapunctus No. 9 ~ Triple Fugue

Contrapunctus No. 10 ~ Double Fugue

2-Part Invention No. 15

Contrapunctus No. 13 ~ Mirror Fugue

Contrapunctus No. 15 ~ Canon at the Octave

One of the most important pieces of Western art music, The Art

of the Fugue is an essay on the possibilities of thematic

transformation. Carefully selected movements from this set of

works show the primary techniques used by Bach to take a very

simple melody and create a masterwork. All works by J. S. Bach,

arr. Ralph Sauer.

THE POST-MODERN TROMBONE

Daniel Schnyder, Trombone Quartet

Thelonious Monk, ‘Round Midnight (arr. Slide Hampton)

Folke Rabe, Bolos

Conrad Winslow, Pinning Music

Galen Brown, Grind

Jeremy Howard Beck, Awakening

Including many of the greatest and newest trombone quartets

ever written, the “Post-Modern Trombone” highlights a wide

range of approaches to music written after 1950. Tied together

seamlessly with connective interludes, the concert feels as if it is

constantly growing, engaging audiences in a new compelling way

to experience chamber music. From the jazz-based quartets of

Daniel Schnyder to the avant-garde graphic notation of Rabe to

the post-minimalist approach of Galen Brown, the GUIDONIAN

HAND presents a virtuosic concert of highly emotional depth and

beautiful sonorities that will stay with audiences for a long time.

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The Guidonian Hand trombone quartet

concerto offerings

QUARTET WITH ORCHESTRAKoetsier, Concertino with String Orchestra

Premru, Music for Three Trombones and Tuba and Orchestra

QUARTET WITH WIND ENSEMBLE/BANDZacares, Oracles

TRIO WITH ORCHESTRABourgeois, Concerto for Three Trombones

Ewazen, Emerald Rhapsody

TRIO WITH WIND ENSEMBLE/BANDHartley, Concerto for Three Trombones

Bourgeois, Concerto for Three Trombones (arr. for band by composer)

additional offerings

CHAMBER MUSIC AND SOLO MASTER CLASSESIn addition to nurturing the growth of low brass literature, the Guidonian Hand wants to train future chamber and solo musicians.

Collectively, members of the Hand have decades of experience in the solo, chamber and orchestral fields. The Guidonian Hand gives

master classes to all student levels in which they coach musicians in solo preparation and in their chamber groups, as well as giving

lectures in technique, ensemble playing and audition and performance preparation. They are also delighted to equip students with all

of the knowledge they need to start or continue their chamber music projects. The Guidonian Hand can give students reference lists of

repertoire, show them the best web resources for finding and ordering new music, and give advice on how to approach composers to

get new pieces written.

COLLEGE COMPOSERS FORUMOne of the primary goals of the Guidonian Hand is to expand chamber music literature for brass instruments. One of the ways they

achieve this goal is to collaborate directly with composers. The Hand can design a program that demonstrates specific techniques of

the instrument to help guide the next generation of composers. They will also play pieces that have been written for the forum, and

answer student questions about the instrument, the trombone quartet as a performing group, or the landscape of contemporary music.

The Guidonian Hand would also enjoy staying in contact with both composition professors and students to see the compositional

process through to completion.

Photo by David Finlayson

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CHILDREN’S PROGRAMSEducational outreach is intrinsic to the Guidonian Hand’s mission. Their

instructive programs forge connections between the music that the children

are currently learning and listening to, and music from around the world and

throughout music history. The quartet works adaptively and effectively with

all grade levels, and excels at demonstrating the intensity and importance

of music to students from all backgrounds.

WIND ENSEMBLE COLLABORATIONThe Guidonian Hand would be honored to perform any of the following

works with university or high school wind ensembles or bands:

Zacares, Oracles (Quartet with Wind Ensemble/Band)

Hartley, Concerto for Three Trombones (Trio with Wind Ensemble/Band)

Bourgeois, Concerto for Three Trombones (arr. for band by composer)

ORGAN COLLABORATIONSA church’s organ can be a great source of joy and pride to a congregation,

as well as an incredible musical instrument. The Guidonian Hand can work

with interested church organists to plan a wonderful and unique collabora-

tive concert which mixes the power of the organ with the flexibility and

richness of the trombone quartet. Possible program works include:

J.S. Bach Passacaglia from the B Minor Mass

Giovanni Gabrieli Sonata

François Couperin Passacaglia and Chaconne

Johann Christoph Pezel Intrada

“Attendite, popule meus”

Jeremiah Clarke Fanfare

Heinrich Schuetz Psalm 1

Daniel Speer Sonata

additional offerings (cont.)

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recent concert performances (2008-2010)

July 8, 2010: Full concert at The International Trombone

Festival (ITF), held at the University of Texas, Austin, TX –

Conrad Winslow, Pinning Music; J. Mark Stambaugh, Splendor

Solis; Eve Beglarian, In and Out of the Game; Galen H. Brown,

Grind (world premiere); Jeremy Howard Beck, Awakening

April 12, 2010: The Juilliard School, Paul Hall, New York City

– Jeremy Howard Beck, Awakening (world premiere)

Feb. 18, 2010: The Tank, New York City – Pérotin (arr. Mark

Broschinsky), Viderunt Omnes; William Osbourne/Abbie Conant,

Pond; Jerome Naulais, Monologue for solo bass trombone; Derek

Jacoby, Sketches for solo trombone (world premiere);

Hovhaness/Shelly (arr. Mark Broschinsky), O World; Jeffrey Gavett,

Duo for trombones (world premiere); Béla Bartók (arr. James

Rogers), Selections from 10 Easy Pieces for Piano; Folke Rabe,

Bolos

Jan. 25, 2010 (air date): Minding Your Business, Manhattan

Neighborhood Network, New York City – Conrad Winslow,

Pinning Music

Dec. 17, 2009: The Gershwin Hotel Performance Space, New

York City – Christmas Medley (arr. Bill Reichenbach); Pérotin (arr.

Mark Broschinsky), Viderunt Omnes; J.S. Bach (arr. Ralph Sauer),

Contrapunctus 1 from “The Art of the Fugue”; Georg Christoph

Wagenseil (arr. Kagarice), Sonata No. 4 in A; Scarbourgh Fair (arr.

Bill Reichenbach); Weezer (arr. Matt Melore), My Name is Jonas;

Weezer (arr. Matt Melore), Buddy Holly

Nov. 27, 2009: The Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn NY –

Jacob TV, Jesus is Coming; Conrad Winslow, Pinning Music;

Pérotin (arr. Mark Broschinsky), Viderunt Omnes

Nov. 9, 2009: Manhattan School of Music, Greenfield Hall,

New York City – Anthony Barfield, In the Beginning (world

premiere)

Nov. 2, 2009: Manhattan School of Music, Borden

Concert Hall, New York, NY – J. Mark Stambaugh, Splendor

Solis for trombone quartet (world premiere)

Oct. 19, 2009: The Juilliard School, Paul Hall, New York

City – Conrad Winslow, Pinning Music

Oct. 16, 2009: The Gershwin Hotel Performance Space,

New York City – Johann Strauss II (arr. James Rogers),

Leichtes Blut (Polka schnell); Johann Strauss II (arr. Mark

Broschinsky), New Pizzacato Polka; Joseph Haydn, Achieved

Is Thy Glorious Work

Oct. 7, 2009: Mannes School of Music Concert Hall, New

York City – Daniel Schnyder, Trombone Quartet; Thelonious

Monk (arr. Slide Hampton), ‘Round Midnight; Folke Rabe,

Bolos; Conrad Winslow, Pinning Music; Jerome Naulais,

Reflexions; Jacob TV, Jesus is Coming

Sept. 1, 2009: Le Poisson Rouge, New York City – Conrad

Winslow, Dilating Music (known after this performance as

Pinning Music)

May 6, 2009: Lincoln Center, Rose Theatre – Conrad

Winslow, Dilating Music

May 6, 2009: NYU Black Box Theater – Conrad Winslow,

Dilating Music

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recent concert performances (2008-2010) (cont.)

April 28, 2009: Manhattan School of Music, Power Concert

Series – Béla Bartók (arr. James Rogers), 10 Easy Pieces for Piano

Feb. 28, 2009: Church of the Intercession, New York City –

Daniel Speer, Canzona; J.S. Bach, Crucifixus from Mass in B

minor; Béla Bartók (arr. James Rogers), 10 Easy Pieces for Piano;

Claude Debussy, Trois Chansons; Thelonious Monk (arr. Slide

Hampton), ‘Round Midnight; Giovanni Gabrielli (arr. James

Rogers), Canzona a 12

Feb. 9, 2009: Manhattan School of Music, Greenfield Hall, New

York City – Dmitri Shostakovich, 8th String Quartet; Jacob TV,

Jesus is Coming

Dec. 18, 2008: Gershwin Hotel Performance Space, New York

City – Christmas Medley (arr. Bill Reichenbach); Anton Webern,

Langsamer Satz; Claude Debussy, Trois Chansons; Anthony Plog,

Trombone Quartet No. 1, Densities; Jacob TV, Jesus is Coming

Oct. 2008: Manhattan School of Music, Power Concert

Series – Anthony Plog, Trombone Quartet No. 1, Densities

July 29, 2008: The Stone, New York City – Christian

Rodriguez, No Parking

July 24, 2008: The Stone, New York City – Folke Rabe,

Bolos

July 15, 2008: The Gershwin Hotel Performance Space,

New York City – Christian Rodriguez, No Parking; Dmitri

Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8; Folke Rabe, Bolos

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press

September 3, 2009

additional testimonials

“The Guidonian Hand transcends the limitations of the trombone by

accepting them. Architecturally sound new music using everything of

which the trombone is capable. Brilliant writing, brilliant playing. Loose

and yet rigorously precise. Revelatory. A celebration of pure sound,

and played from the heart at a very high level. Totally new. Go hear it.”

- Sam Burtis, trombonist, bass trombonist, tubist, composer/arranger,

music director, and educator in New York City since 1967

“More interesting, though, was [Conrad Winslow’s] “Dilating Music,” an atmospheric

exploration of meaty lower brass textures, complete with subtle slides and juxtapositions

of muted and open timbres, expertly played by the trombone quartet Guidonian Hand.”

Photo by David Finlayson

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additional testimonials (cont.)