{"product_id":"pillars","title":"PILLARS - Concerto for Low Brass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePILLARS - Concerto for Low Brass, \u003c\/em\u003eJames M. Stephenson (2018) 25'\u003cbr\u003efor solo low brass and orchestra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation: \u003c\/strong\u003esolo low brass (2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba); 3.3.3.3\/4.3.0.0\/timp.4 perc\/hp\/strings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrchestral performance parts are available via rental.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca title=\"Just a Theory — Rental Quote\" href=\"https:\/\/justatheorypress.com\/pages\/rental-quote\" class=\"button\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here for a rental quote\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lIhh6h_y0yg?si=5Upexv5DXJvwQASn\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Just a Theory Press","offers":[{"title":"Solo Low Brass with Orchestra \/ Full Score \/ Print","offer_id":52775990362399,"sku":"JAT-156-070-FS","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Solo Low Brass with Orchestra \/ Full Score \/ PDF Download","offer_id":52775990395167,"sku":"JAT-156-070-FSe","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/1586\/5887\/files\/pillars-website-score-cover.jpg?v=1786628542","url":"https:\/\/justatheorypress.com\/products\/pillars","provider":"Just a Theory Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}