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GSU trombonist earns international acclaim
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Eric Spencer, left, and Georgia Southern music professor Dr. Richard Mason show off their trombone chops. - photo by ROGER ALLEN/special
Nineteen-year-old Christian “Eric” Spencer loves to play his trombone — now. Honestly, he said, he didn’t get really excited about playing his instrument until he went to a jazz concert on the spur of the moment while a freshman in high school in Augusta, Georgia. As he remembered it, he wasn’t even that crazy about jazz.
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