My community orchestra recently performed The River by Duke Ellington. Whiles it’s not a difficult part it was so much fun to play some jazz. It had a nice combination of bass line playing supporting harmonies and being the 4th trombone in the jazz band. Wasn’t sure my group could pull it off but it ...

I remember after James Gourlay took over as president an informal survey was sent out asking what ITEA could do better. I wonder if what we are seeing for this conference is a result of that and is possibly an overcorrection to those results. I have never been able to go to a conference because they ...