Category Archives: The Low Brass Player’s Guide to Doubling

Insanity Brass Duo Performance at the 2021 International Trombone Festival: “Better Late than Never!”

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Micah Everett

This past summer, my colleague Dr. Michael Wilkinson from the University of South Carolina and I were able to bring our multi-instrument “Insanity Brass Duo” program to the International Trombone Festival. While time limitations forced us to shorten our program … Continue reading →

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“Insanity Brass Duo” 2020 Performance Recordings

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Micah Everett

In February 2019 University of South Carolina trombone professor Dr. Michael Wilkinson and I realized a long discussed plan to present a recital in which the two of us perform on a variety of low brass instruments. That first performance … Continue reading →

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Complete Performance Recordings: Doubling Recital at the University of South Carolina

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Micah Everett

This past Tuesday a long-planned collaboration with Dr. Michael Wilkinson, trombone professor at the University of South Carolina, finally came into existence—at least, outside of our imaginations. Dr. Wilkinson and I were assigned as roommates while attending the Alessi Seminar … Continue reading →

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Bass Trombone as the Primary Instrument: A Report

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Micah Everett

For basically the entire year from May 2016 to May 2017 I moved from my usual practice of treating the large tenor trombone as my primary instrument to placing the bass trombone in that role. While for the entirety of … Continue reading →

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Want to Understand Brass Instruments? Understand the Overtone Series!

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Micah Everett

The overtone series is an acoustic principle that is sometimes cursorily discussed in music theory and other music courses, but is often poorly understood even by musicians. The “short, short version” is that the pitch sounding when, say, an open … Continue reading →

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