James Stephenson

PILLARS - Concerto for Low Brass

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Duration: 25'

Instrumentation: Solo Low Brass with Orchestra
Performance Materials: Full Score
Delivery Method: Print

PILLARS - Concerto for Low Brass, James M. Stephenson (2018) 25'
for solo low brass and orchestra

A couple of years before composing “pillars”, I was contacted by some good friends of Bill Zehfuss, the former principal trombonist of the Charleston Symphony, who had died the just the previous summer. They truly wanted to have a piece composed in his memory, and wanted to explore possibilities as to how to make that happen. I knew Bill from my performing days many years ago, as well as having worked with him when conducting the Charleston Symphony.  As a matter of fact, the last time I had seen Bill was when conducting the brass quintet as soloists in front of the orchestra. Bill was the trombonist, and I recall having some great laughs with him late into the evening after our final performance. Wilson Ochoa successfully led a campaign, along with Michael Grose and Dan Satterwhite, to crowd-fund the creation of the piece. Once that was accomplished, we were honored to have the Minnesota Orchestra and conductor Osmo Vänskä (with whom I had worked previously) sign on to presenting the premiere, with their low brass section as soloists.

Instrumentation: solo low brass (2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba); 3.3.3.3/4.3.0.0/timp.4 perc/hp/strings

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JAT-156-070-FS
Instrumentation: Solo Low Brass with Orchestra
Performance Materials: Full Score
Delivery Method: Print

About the Work

Duration: 25'

Instrumentation: Solo low brass with orchestra

Commissioned by: Commissioned by the many friends of Bill Zehfuss in his memory

A couple of years before composing “pillars”, I was contacted by some good friends of Bill Zehfuss, the former principal trombonist of the Charleston Symphony, who had died the just the previous summer. They truly wanted to have a piece composed in his memory, and wanted to explore possibilities as to how to make that happen. I knew Bill from my performing days many years ago, as well as having worked with him when conducting the Charleston Symphony. As a matter of fact, the last time I had seen Bill was when conducting the brass quintet as soloists in front of the orchestra. Bill was the trombonist, and I recall having some great laughs with him late into the evening after our final performance. Wilson Ochoa successfully led a campaign, along with Michael Grose and Dan Satterwhite, to crowd-fund the creation of the piece. Once that was accomplished, we were honored to have the Minnesota Orchestra and conductor Osmo Vänskä (with whom I had worked previously) sign on to presenting the premiere, with their low brass section as soloists.

Pages: 126