Players scroll to adjust the pitch of their trombone slider and click to hit notes as they appear on the screen. Extended notes will cause your player to run out of breath and take a few moments to ...

It was after midnight when Trombone Shorty stepped offstage at the House of Blues in New Orleans, but he wasn’t done playing yet. Not by a long shot. “I had an idea for a new song right after the show ...

New Orleans musician Troy Andrews aka Trombone Shorty founded the Trombone Shorty Foundation to support young musicians in the city in the wake of Katrina. The foundation provides music education, ...

The Trombone Shorty Foundation’s Fredman Music Business Institute will host three free programs for youth ages 14-24 to promote professional development and growth within the music industry. All are ...

In January 1957, Jay Friedman walked into Orchestra Hall for the first time. He was a gangly teenager with a passion for the euphonium. His band director at Hyde Park High School had bought him a ...

Ska heads have been waiting for this: A trombone emoji is imminent. The Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit foundation that upholds the Unicode Standard, announced the approved 2025 list of emoji. Other ...

GRETNA, La. — Gretna Fest is back this fall and bringing all the energy with a star-studded lineup and plenty of hometown flavor. This year's festival, set for Oct. 3-5, will feature headlines like ...

More than 500 trombone players from around the world are gathering in London to play music, hone their skills and celebrate their love of the blaring brass instrument. The 2025 International Trombone ...

The low, brassy rumble of a few hundred trombones will echo across Western University this week as musicians from around the world gather for the International Trombone Festival. Hosted in Canada for ...

As Trombone Shorty put it, Spokane took “a little trip down to New Orleans” at Northern Quest Resort and Casino on Sunday night. I barely missed the first opener, Dumpstaphunk, but the second opener, ...

This post is part one of a series. Recently, I have had an increase in the number of students, teachers, and professional brass students who have written to ask me about a hesitation in commencing to ...