Carleton College and the Northfield Community Team Up for “Huge” Trombone Recital

Carleton College professors of music Ron Rodman and Nicola Melville, Carleton trombone students, professor Paul Niemisto of St. Olaf College, the Northfield Trombones, and the St. John's Lutheran Church Trombone Ensemble have joined forces to present a trombone recital to end all trombone recitals! The performance will take place on Friday, January 29 at 8 p.m. in the Carleton College Concert Hall. The program will include works by Milhaud, Telemann, Ewazen, Gabriel Stockhausen, Scheidt, Grieg, Sousa, Gershwin, They Might Be Giants, and others. This event is free and open to the public.

Rodman organized this huge event by inviting all the trombonists in Northfield to participate, including all of his students. He estimates an ensemble of 12 players, maybe more. Rodman himself will play two solo pieces and then a duet with St. Olaf’s Niemisto. yes">  The rest of the program is dedicated to student and community players, who have prepared quartets, quintets, and other ensemble combinations. The "grand finale" is an arrangement of Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" arranged for 10 trombones, including a piccolo solo by a surprise guest.

The Carleton College Concert Hall is located at First Street and Winona Street in Northfield. For more information or disability accommodations, contact the music department at (507) 222-4475.