The past week and a half has certainly been an interesting week in the "trombone world". First off, congrats to James Markey for becoming Doug Yeo's successor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. I believe that this audition was definitely a "Clash of the Titans". Some of the world's finest bass trombonists, who hold positions in some of the top orchestras, competed for this prestigious chair. This new section with Toby Oft, Steve Lange and Jim Markey is going to be amazing! I remember when Doug Yeo visited UT-Austin during my Masters in 2006 and he said that within the next 5 years there was going to be some major auditions that will take place and there will also be a domino effect along with certain people winning jobs. This is certainly the case. Many of these awesome bass trombonists who competed for the Boston spot will now have to gear up for the New York Philharmonic's bass trombone position. Some of those BSO finalists hold positions with the Met, Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, National Symphony and Atlanta Symphony. If one of these gentlemen win the NYP position, there will be another domino effect. This can be a good thing because these positions are normally occupied for 20+ years. I think that it is no surprise that James Markey won this position, especially after setting the bar on how to perform excerpts on his orchestral excerpt collaboration with Paul Pollard released in June 2011. If you haven't bought this recording, I highly recommend that you make the purchase.
In other news both Ian Bousfield and Jeremy Wilson are stepping down from there positions with the Vienna Philharmonic. Being from Tennessee, I am happy that Jeremy is returning home and teaching at Vandy. Be on the look out for that studio in the future! I found an interesting article regarding this topic. It's worth the read.
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