28 episodes

Skills and Bones: The Search for Trombone Treasures
This is a show for middle school and high school trombone students and beyond. Helpful tips for young inspiring trombonist, band directors and professionals. There will be pedagogical tips, stories from other musicians, and a few interviews sprinkled in from trombone artists along the way.

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Skills and Bones: The Search for Trombone Treasures
This is a show for middle school and high school trombone students and beyond. Helpful tips for young inspiring trombonist, band directors and professionals. There will be pedagogical tips, stories from other musicians, and a few interviews sprinkled in from trombone artists along the way.

    Trombone 101

    Trombone 101

    Learn the story behind Trombone 101 and the great trombone teacher and musician, Sean Reusch. Make sure to check out his webpage: https://www.trombone101.com/ with many resources for students and teachers alike.

    • 19 min
    Learn about the Vox Cor Trio!

    Learn about the Vox Cor Trio!

    Meet the Vox Cor Trio! Listen and learn about their mission and music they perform. Follow them on Instagram to keep up with the latest.

    • 21 min
    Get to Know Trombonist and Now Author, Jose Leonardo Leon

    Get to Know Trombonist and Now Author, Jose Leonardo Leon

    Jose Leon talks about his new book, life experiences and more. Listen and get to know this amazing person, trombonist, and now author. 

    • 29 min
    Skills and Bones Interview with Slide-School

    Skills and Bones Interview with Slide-School

    The brass and trombone community are quite amazing with all the resources we have to offer from pedagogical minds all over the world. Just to name a few of the great trombone pedagogical minds with great resources for you to devour for your own practice or studios are Joseph Alessi and the Alessi Music Studios. Brad Edwards has a plethora of resources and texts about the trombone written, created, and composed by him. David Vining and his hive of pedagogues through Mountain Peak Music. Another great resource that popped up over the lockdown of Covid is Slide-School, with the creators Nathan Zgonc and Brian Hecht. If you have not had a chance to join slide-school in any capacity, you should check it out. They bring in the best of the best in the world of trombone to talk about their careers, pick their minds about trombone topics, and the members always have a chance to submit a recording to be critiqued by their guest artist. Please take a listen to this episode and listen to the end to make sure you can take full advantage of your first month’s membership with a discount, just in time for the holiday season.

    • 30 min
    Meet the Brews BROS!

    Meet the Brews BROS!

    Two great trombonists and friends team up for a power duo of trombone music and micro-brews. Meet the Brews Brothers, Jemmie Robertson and Bill Mann. We discuss the duo's name, commission projects, and future performances. 

    • 13 min
    Joseph Jefferson - a discussion of musical influences and a balance of genres

    Joseph Jefferson - a discussion of musical influences and a balance of genres

    There are many trombone treasures to discover in this interview!
    Get to know Dr. Joseph Jefferson a bit in this episode. We learn about his musical influences from growing up going to church to his trombone professors instilling a great work ethic and the eagerness to continue to grow as a person and musician. 

    • 34 min

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