GSU Trombone Ensemble prepares for International Festival

Dalton Daniel, 19, of Perry, Ga., rehearses with the Georgia Southern University trombone ensemble Friday in preparation for next week's 2013 International Trombone Festival in Columbus, Ga. Daniel, a music composition major, wrote an arrangement of Tchaikovsky's classic 1812 Overture for the six-piece group and will be premiered at the festival.

062113 GSU TROMBONES 01 — Dalton Daniel, 19, of Perry, Ga., rehearses with the Georgia Southern University trombone ensemble Friday in preparation for next week's 2013 International Trombone Festival in Columbus, Ga. Daniel, a music composition major, wrote an arrangement of Tchaikovsky's classic 1812 Overture for the six-piece group and will be premiered at the festival.

Immortalized in the song "Seventy-six Trombones" featured in the musical play "The Music Man , the fictional town of River City, Iowa, had scads of the brass instruments with the familiar slides leading their parade. Next week, the parade is in Columbus, Ga., which will host hundreds of trombone players from around the world, including Statesboro. The Georgia Southern University Trombone Ensemble will perform in the 2013 International Trombone Festival at Columbus State University from Wednesday through June 29.

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