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Hi all!

I'll be celebrating my return to Brooklyn after a year and a half in Oklahoma with a recital focusing on lovely pieces with piano. It'll be more traditional than my usual new music recitals but still adventurous from a technique standpoint! I'm happy to highlight an a cappella version of Eris DeJarnett's "a song to past selves", originally for flugelhorn and piano, but being performed on alto trombone (at pitch!) for this show in the video below. There'll also be a premiere from Dayla Spencer for Bass Trombone and Piano, and some other fun transcriptions.

William Lang and Molly Morkoski
St. Charles Borromeo in Brooklyn Heights
Sep. 21st, 4 pm
Free tickets! (donations are welcome)

Caleb Burhans - As Desperation Sets In
Eris DeJarnett - a song for past selves (Alto Trombone and Piano) *world premiere arrangement
Dayla Spencer - we look upon the waves (Bass Trombone and Piano) *world premiere
Carl Maria von Weber - Romance
John Adams - China Gates (Solo Piano)
Arvo Pärt - Fratres
Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegal

Going to be streamed? Would be there if I lived closer!

Any Salt Shaker playtime in this set?

Hopefully I'll have it live-streamed, still working out the details there. No mutes at all on this set, for once! Gonna be strange not having an overflowing bag with me.

WilliamLang wrote: Sat Sep 13, 2025 2:55 pm Hi all!

I'll be celebrating my return to Brooklyn after a year and a half in Oklahoma with a recital focusing on lovely pieces with piano. It'll be more traditional than my usual new music recitals but still adventurous from a technique standpoint! I'm happy to highlight an a cappella version of Eris DeJarnett's "a song to past selves", originally for flugelhorn and piano, but being performed on alto trombone (at pitch!) for this show in the video below. There'll also be a premiere from Dayla Spencer for Bass Trombone and Piano, and some other fun transcriptions.

William Lang and Molly Morkoski
St. Charles Borromeo in Brooklyn Heights
Sep. 21st, 4 pm
Free tickets! (donations are welcome)

Caleb Burhans - As Desperation Sets In
Eris DeJarnett - a song for past selves (Alto Trombone and Piano) *world premiere arrangement
Dayla Spencer - we look upon the waves (Bass Trombone and Piano) *world premiere
Carl Maria von Weber - Romance
John Adams - China Gates (Solo Piano)
Arvo Pärt - Fratres
Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegal

Nice alto playing, thanks for that!

All the best for your recital,

John

Ok!

So there will be a live stream for tomorrow's recital, which will be at 4 pm EST
https://www.youtube.com/live/lzP7poLHuWQ

Also I have another promo, this time an a cappella version of Dayla Spencer's new work "we look upon the waves" for bass trombone and piano


And for other promo this week I've been putting up some fun exercises and challenges

(got this video title from the Trombone Discord kiddos!)

Play well, and have fun!

Hey all!

There ended up being a live stream for anyone interested, and I've been in the process of splitting up some personal video and sharing individual pieces to YouTube. Since my main interest is in creating new works with interesting new composers, I would love to highlight the two premieres from the concert.

Both of these pieces are quite lovely and in a modern classical harmonic language, and as a bonus they feature alto and bass trombone!

First we have Eris DeJarnett's "a song for past selves". They originally wrote this piece for Flugalhorn and Piano, and when I asked they were kind enough to let me approach it at pitch on Alto Trombone. I think it comes off as a lovely song, in my head as much indebted to Billie Eilish as Ravel in its melodic nature.


Next we had Dayla Spencer's "we look upon the waves" for Bass Trombone and Piano. This piece came about as a consortium commission, with 27 different trombonists and composers getting together in order to raise funds to help a fellow student friend of Dayla continue to go to college. Another piece with lovely harmonies and a classical melodic sense, this piece is a great song for student recitals and for general audiences as well.


If you end up liking what you've heard so far, I'll be posting more from this to my youtube page in the future, and you can also hear the live stream at the following link (the concert starts at about 17:21)
https://www.youtube.com/live/lzP7poLHuWQ