UF Trombone Day with Joel Vaisse, Guest Artist

Join us for an exciting day of warmups, masterclasses, clinics, rehearsals, and a finale concert on Monday, November 11th, 2019, Veterans Day. Joel Vaisse, French Soloist and Principal Trombone of The Florida Orchestra, joins us for an exciting day of music in the UF School of Music. The event, hosted by UF Assistant Professor of Trombone, Dr. Jemmie Robertson, and the UF Trombone Studio, will take place in the UF School of Music in MUB 101.

JOËL VAÏSSE is well known to orchestras and audiences as one of the leading trombone players of our times. Principal Trombone of the Florida Orchestra under Michael Francis since November 2017, Joel Vaisse was previously Principal Trombone of all the major French orchestras (Orchestre National de France from April 1999 to July 2014 ; Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Orchestre de Paris from 1997 to 1999, becoming the first musician ever to hold two principal positions simultaneously, Orchestre National de Lyon from 1991-1997 and Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse from 1990-1991). As a
soloist, he performed the French premiere of the Double concerto for Trumpet and Trombone by Siegfried Matthus with the Orchestre National de France under Kurt Masur’s direction which was originally commissioned by the New York Philharmonic as well as the French premiere of the “Symphony for Trombone” by Ernst Bloch which was recorded live and was subsequently released on CD. He appeared with the Atlantic Chamber Orchestra at the Santander International Festival, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the I Solisti Veniti and recently world premiered « Pinocchio’s Nose « by Thierry Lancino with the Orchestra of the Opera of Marseille which was specially commissioned for him. Joël Vaïsse released his first solo album « Tranquille » on the DistriClassic label, which includes works by Ernst Bloch, Enrique Crespo, Nils Landgren and Thierry Caens. He is a Buffet Group USA Artist performing on a Antoine Courtois trombone.

Address

435 Newell Dr.
Gainesville

Phone

352-392-0223

Website

Music Building Room 101 (MUB 101) Website