Bolivar For Trombone And Piano Review

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(More customer reviews)A great piece for advanced trombonists or even professionals looking for a short and sweet virtuosic Central/South American-inspired solo, vaguely reminiscent of something Arturo Marquez might have composed.
It's approximately 3:20 in length, so it's more of a showcase piece than a full-blown concerto. As such, its usage is probably not suited to a traditional orchestral or concert band program. It would work much better in a master class/clinic situation or as part of a grad/undergrad recital program. It may or may not be suitable for an audition piece as well, considering there already exist far more obvious excerpts/standards that are expected by a conductor or judge. Your mileage may vary.
You'll need sufficient comfort, consistency, and most importantly confidence with your upper register. A clean, clear high D is needed only once (for the last note), however by that time you've already spent the rest of the piece lip slurring semiquaver (16th note) triplets of high Bb-C-Bb and high G-A-G, and generally staying in the upper registers of the instrument. It's by far more of a test of endurance and stamina while still maintaining tone quality and a lyrical quality to your sound (since it has a very distinct and catchy melody) than a way for you to show off your screaming/octuple tonguing. The piece has plenty of room for dynamic contrast and interpretation, as well as a brief cadenza section that enables some mild rubato-esque freedom.
Chances are if you're buying this then you've already heard the piece before, but in the event you have not... who better to demonstrate it than the great Joe Alessi:And in true Alessi fashion, he throws in his own minor embellishments just to make things interesting... but you'll have to get the music yourself to find out what he does differently!
Now get out there and make your fellow bones proud.

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