Mark Fry - Bass Trombonist

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - It's alright with me

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Dances from Terpsichore -- Bransle Gay and Bransle de Montirande

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Dances from Terpsichore - Courante

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Mozart -- Magic Flute Overture excerpt

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Dances from Terpsichore -- Volta

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Jean Sibelius - Andante Festivo (arr. Scott Quackenbush)

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Monday, July 09, 2012

Pine Mountain Music Festival wraps up in Houghton

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Biography

Mark Fry: Mark Fry is currently the bass trombonist (acting) of Lyric Opera of Chicago, as well as Artistic Director for Chamber Music on the Fox. He is also the bass trombonist of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Philharmonic. Mr. Fry has performed with numerous orchestras in the United States, including Grant Park Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Opera Theater, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Britt Festival Orchestra (Oregon), Sarasota Opera, and Des Moines Metro Opera. In the summer of 2001, he performed in the orchestra of the Spoleto Festival in Spoleto, Italy. Before moving to Chicago, he was the bass trombonist of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra in Honolulu. Mr. Fry appears on recordings with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller, New Black Music Repertory Ensemble and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra.

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Audio and Video Clips

Soundcloud
YouTube - Frybone
YouTube - Chamber Music on the Fox

Ensembles

Elgin Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Music on the Fox
Third Coast Brass
Joffrey Ballet
Chicago Philharmonic
Chicago Opera Theater

Discography

Donizetti - The Three Queens - Sondra Radvanovsky, Riccardo Frizza, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Play it Again, Marvin! - Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Liquid Melancholy - John Bruce Yeh - Lake Forest Symphony
Alban Berg: Wozzeck - Houston Symphony Orchestra, Hans Graf
Florence Price: Symphony in E Minor - New Black Music Repertory Ensemble
Recorded Music of the African Diaspora - New Black Music Repertory Ensemble
Mannheim Steamroller – Christmasville
Olivia Block - Heave To
Brian Conn - Requiem
Menotti - The Saint of Bleecker Street - Spoleto Festival Orchestra and Chorus/Hickox
Menotti - Violin Concerto, The Death of Orpheus, etc. - Spoleto Festival Orchestra/Hickox
Fanfare: The Music of Richard Webster
Olivia Block - Pure Gaze
Schubert / Berlio : Rendering ,Schubert / Joachim : Symphony In C (Grand Duo) - Houston Symphony Orchestra/Eschenbach
Bach/Brahms - Schoenberg Orchestrations; Houston Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
Frank Speller - Spirited Fantasies - Symphonic Fantasy on A Mighty Fortress

Materials for Study

Bass Trombone
Tenor Trombone

Recommended Reading List

Casals and the Art of Interpretation - David Blum
Annotated Guide to Bass Trombone Literature - Thomas G. Everett
Road Warrior Without an Expense Account - Jason Heath
The Composer's Advocate: A Radical Orthodoxy for Musicans - Erich Leinsdorf
Performance Success : Performing Your Best Under Pressure - Don Greene
Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within - Kenny Werner
The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance - W. Timothy Gallwey
The Musical World of J.J. Johnson
A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann
Miles: The Autobiography - Miles Davis (FOR MATURE READERS ONLY)
Memoirs - Sir Georg Solti

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Ben van Dijk
Charles Vernon
David Taylor
Denson Paul Pollard
Ian Bousfield
James Decker
James Markey
Jay Friedman
Jorgen van Rijen
Joseph Alessi
Larry Zalkind
Mark Fisher
Randall Hawes

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International Trombone Association
Trombone Page of the World
Eastern Trombone Workshop
Low Brass Boot Camp
Alessi Seminar
Trombone Excerpts
Stacy's Trombone Site

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Inside the Arts

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