Trombone Repertoire

I have been pursuing quality material for the tenor trombone my entire career. This on-going investigative process has led quite naturally to my engagement with the composer community in New York and beyond, and to my activities as a curator and organizer. And since 2005, I've been adding to that "material" as a composer. This list is an aesthetic bibliography, informing all that I do. [CJM]

* = world premiere
** = US premiere

SOLO
Richard Barrett – Basalt 
Luciano Berio – Sequenza V for solo trombone
Kitty Brazelton – La Vida Como Una Tromba Larga (1998) (with fixed media)
Earle Brown – November 1952 (realization by McIntyre)
John Cage – Solo for Sliding Trombone (from Concert for Piano and Orchestra)
Anthony Coleman – The Thingliness of the Thing (2012)* 
Philip Glass – 1+1 (realization for trombone by McIntyre)
Tom Johnson – Sequenza Minimalista (1993) 
Christopher McIntyre – stuplimity no.3 for trombone and laptop*
Phill Niblock – A Trombone Piece for solo trombone and tape
Phill Niblock – A Third Trombone for solo trombone and tape
Folke Rabe – Basta for solo trombone
Bernard Rands – Memo 2 for solo trombone
Fredric Rzewski – Last Judgment for solo trombone (also trb. ensemble)
Iannis Xenakis – Keren for solo trombone

WITH PIANO (selected)
Paul Creston – Fantasy (piano reduction)
Noel Da Costa – 4 Preludes (1973) 
Henri Dutilleux – Prelude, Cadence, et Fugato
Launy Grondahl – Concerto (piano reduction)
Talib Rasul Hakim – Prelude (ca.1965)
Paul Hindemith – Sonate
Kazimierz Serocki – Sonatina
Stjepan Sulek – Sonata (Vox Gabrieli)
Jean-Michel Defaye – Deux Danses
Jacques Castéréde – Sonatine

MISC. ENSEMBLE (selected)
Richard Barrett – EARTH for trb, perc**
Lea Bertucci – Our Collective Cynicism is a Product of Failed Revolution (2016) trb, tape, delay* 
Anthony Coleman – Seven at The Golden Shovel for trp, trb, vln, vlc, pno*
Heiner Goebbels - Herakles 2 for 2 trp, hrn, trb, tba, perc, smplr
Jon Gibson – Untitled for fl, vln, trb
Talib Rasul Hakim – Profiles (1964) for cl, trp, trb, vlc 
Talib Rasul Hakim – Four (1965) for cl, trp, trb, pno 
Christopher McIntyre – stuplimity no. 1 for trombone septet*
Christopher McIntyre – stuplimity no. 2 for 5 or more trombones*
Vincent Persichetti – Serenade for trb, vla, vlc
Stephen Rush – Rebellion for trb, pno, perc
Charles Wuorinen – Trombone Trio for trb, pno, perc
Lois V. Vierk – Jagged Mesa for 2 trp, 2 ten. trb, 2 bs. trb
Peter Zummo – Instruments for trp, trb, vlc, marimba