If you’ve never heard of a bass trombone, you’re probably not alone. It usually makes its home in the back row of the orchestra with the other low brass instruments, rarely getting any solo time. “The ...

Chicago Symphony Orchestra bass trombone Charles Vernon didn’t think small when he asked composer James Stephenson to write a concerto for him. “I said: ‘I want something that’s this wonderful piece, ...

This guy ‘played’ Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee on bass trombone, and trolled us all. Rimsky-Korsakov was a master of orchestration. His buzzing orchestral interlude, written for his opera ...