TORONTO TROMBONE & TUBA TEACHERS

B.Mus (WLU), M.Mus (U of T), A.Dip (GGS)

Trombone • Euphonium • Baritone • Tuba

Trombone Teacher Nate Fanning is an active participant on the local music scene in southern Ontario. His activities range from teaching from one end of the Greater Toronto Area to the other, and he actively freelances in the GTA and beyond.

Nate holds multiple degrees, having studied with Jay Castello (Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony), Gordon Sweeney (Toronto Symphony), and Gordon Wolfe (Toronto Symphony) at Wilfred Laurier University, the University of Toronto, and the Glenn Gould School, respectively.

Nate is currently performing with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra on a one-year appointment as second Trombonist.

Hobbies: Baseball, Hockey, X-Box 360, Nintendo Wii

Musical influences: My Dad (singer John Fanning), Gordon Wolfe, Gordon Sweeney, Jay Castello

Favourite food: McDonalds

Least favourite food: No food

Favourite music: Punk, Ska

Favourite song: Go down gamblin’; Blood, Sweat, and Tears

Favourite movie: The Princess Bride

Favouirite movie music: Willow

Favourite musical theatre/opera: Ottelo (Verdi)

Best quote from your teacher: Great playin’ man… that was one sexy Bolero.

Favourite quote: “Call me Jam… That’s my band name”

Favourite book: The Shack

Best thing about teaching at ABC: The great students and Fun Faculty!

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Homework for lesson week of January 11th

Misha

Review our new scale (D Major). Make sure of our tuning on the F# (not too high). 5th position has a tendency to ride a little high so let’s focus on really keeping it down.

Peer Gynt

Morning Mood. Always play with a beautiful sound. Ask yourself, “Can my sound be better”. Bars 37-41 you have the melody so make sure to bring it out. Play smoothly. It’s marked legato so be aware of this.
The Death of Ase. Think about singing not just merely blowing air through our buzzing lips. This will help lend that beautiful sound we are after. Don’t play too soft. That’s when we run into trouble with sound quality and intonation.
Anitra’s Dance. This looks easy but it isn’t. really focus on counting. play very slow and then work your way up.
In The Hall of The Mountain King. Macato (really articulated). Watch for accel markings and repeats. notice as the piece gets faster, that’s when it also gets louder.

Gaian

Pick a new scale for next week. Review B Major. Add a 2nd Octave to a 1 octave scale we already know.

Coconut. Watch for the dynamics and articulations in this piece. When they occur, they are very important in this piece. You’re playing with a great style on this but could be even more. When we get louder, make sure to keep a steady tempo and not speed up.

Superlative. Pay very close attention to articulation markings. When it’s marked with a slur, we must play smoothly. When not, that’s when we articulate harder. This piece switches a lot so slow practice is very important in this case. If we learn a passage with incorrect articulation, it’ll be very difficult to correct so let’s make sure that we learn it the right way first. Be careful to watch for accidentals in this piece. It’s in the key of D flat Major so we need to be aware of D flats and G flats. In moving lines, make sure to keep a steady air stream (no big “air” bumps in the road). This will help with the speed as we can focus more on our valve combinations.

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