You know the problem: we need a man for solo trombone.
– Sergiu Celibidache (General Music Director, Münich Philharmonic)
Thanks to Scott Spiegelberg for blogging about this. Ah the weak women who attempt to play a brass instrument. Silly girls. (I hope you know I’m being sarcastic!) Be sure and read the links Scott has provided. Simply astounding stuff there.
The former trombone instructor at Interlochen was a woman named Jeanie who took a professorship at U. North Texas. My former classmate, Karna Englund (now married, named changed) became the first woman to play Trombone with the Boston Symphony. Times are changing!
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