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Brass Herald
The Brass Herald has established itself over 
a very short time as a very diverse, informative and entertaining magazine covering all aspects of brass playing. A recent edition featured articles on new Opera North bass trombonist and Michael Rath artist Mark Frost as well as an in depth feature on us.
The editor of the Brass Herald, Philip Biggs has very kindly agreed to allow us to make these available for download.
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You can visit the Brass Herald website for more information, news and subscription details.
British Trombone Society in Leicester
Saturday May 3rd sees the British Trombone Society celebrating the lyrical playing of the late Don Lusher as well as focusing on the trombone in the brass band. 
Among the many performers that are going to be featured are Michael Rath artists Brett Baker and Nick Hudson, along with Chris Jeans, Jeremy Price, Bob Hughes and Gordon Campbell. As well as trombone choir sessions, they'll be workshops on improvisation led by Jeremy Price and a session on new works for trombone and brass band featuring the Ratby Cooperative Band. Rounding off the day will be a full concert featuring all the artists and the Ratby Cooperative Band.
We'll be there with a large selection of trombones, mouthpieces and other accessories. If you'd like to set up a one-on-one testing session with Chris, please call 01484 660555 or contact us. For futher information and to book tickets visit the British Trombone Society
Posted 07/04/08
International Trombone Festival
The International Trombone Festival is being held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 
from May 28th to 31st and we'll have our trombones, mouthpieces and other accessories with our friends at the Dillon Music Inc. stand. For anyone's who's interested in trying out our instruments this is a great opportunity and we can also arrange one-on-one testing sessions so that you can really get to grips with the possibilities that Rath trombones can give you. If you'd like to set up a session for the festival just get in touch.
Posted 07/04/08
Corpus Quartet with Mark Nightingale and guests
The acclaimed Corpus Quartet will be visiting the UK in May for a series of concerts and masterclasses. The highlight will be a concert with Mark Nightingale on Saturday May 17th at New Mill WMC, near Holmfirth. It promises to be a great evening, but tickets for this event are strictly limited, so get in touch to book now!
Tickets are only available in advance directly from us, so call 01484 660555 or send us a message.
Posted 07/04/08
American Rath
The original Rath Pack project has been something that we've been very proud to have been involved with over the last few years. Bringing together wonderful musicians on innovative projects like this has always been something that we've been very interested in doing. So when three of New York's leading trombonists wanted to do something they called "American Rath" we couldn't wait to hear the results. Read more here at American Rath.
Posted 29/02/08
Eastern Trombone Workshop
For everyone who's visiting the Eastern Trombone Workshop, held at Fort Myer, Virginia March 13th - 15th, 
we'll have our trombones, mouthpieces and other accessories at the Dillon Music stand. It's a great event and a fantastic opportunity to get your hands on all of our trombones and try them for yourself. They'll also be the opportunity to get an extended testing session for those of you who really want to get to grips with all the possibilities that our trombones give you.
For more details visit the Eastern Trombone Workshop website.
Posted 29/02/08
New Rath initiative for UK Brass Bands
With everyone's seemingly ever-busier schedules, finding time to come and see us can be difficult. If you're part of a section in a brass band, big band or orchestra and you're all excited by the possibilities of Michael Rath trombones then go through to our information pages for details of something new that we're introducing for 2008.
Posted 14/01/08
Dutch Bass Trombone Open
Mark Frost is going to be one of the guest tutors for this year's Dutch Bass Trombone Open. This residential course, held in Holland will also feature Douglas Yeo, Phil Teele and Ben van Dijk. For more details visit our DBTO page.
Posted 23/01/08
Mark Frost to premiere new Elgar Howarth Concerto
Michael Rath artist and bass trombone star Mark Frost will premiere Elgar Howarth's new bass trombone concerto, 
"Spooks - an outrage for bass trombone, brass ensemble and percussion" as part of this year's Festival of Brass at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester UK, on Saturday January 26th. It promises to be a extremely entertaining piece as well as being an important addition to the bass trombone repertoire.
For more details and to book tickets, visit RNCM
Mark will also be performing the concerto in a concert at the Royal College of Music on Thursday February 7th with the Royal College of Music Brass Ensemble, conducted by Nigel Black. For more details visit RCM.
Brett Baker will also be premiering a new concert work by Derek Bourgeois entitled "Knightmare" in the concert given by the Black Dyke Band as part of the RNCM Festival of Brass on Friday January 25th.
Posted 14/01/08
RSS feed added
For those of you who use RSS feeds, we've now added one to help you keep up to date with everything that's going on in the world of Michael Rath Trombones. If you're new to RSS, this is a very simple and easy way of getting information about our latest updates sent straight to your internet browser. To subscribe simply click on the orange RSS feed logo in the toolbar or address bar of your browser (or the blue logo if you're using Safari).
