Moya Trombone Quartet

MOYA Tours to South Africa February-March 2010

The MOYA Trombone Quartet will be touring South Africa in Febuary and March next year with concerts in Johannesberg and Durban. The Concert program is being finalised but will include our regular program, an Opera Program with soloists, a jazz program as well as new music.


MOYA with our Prof. Abbie Conant

MOYA's Year Summary 2008-09

The MOYA Trombone Quartet has had an Interesting busy year. Starting off with a bang in a tour to Budapest. Our most important concert following this were a special concert at Trossingen Hochschule to open the Trombone Quartet Accademy with our teacher Abbie Conant, participated in a workshop conducted by renowned Sacbutist Stefan Legèe and Cornetist William Dongoise, the IPV Trombone symposium in Stuttgart(www.ipf2009.de), Live Broadcast on RSR2 for Saterday Kiosk de musique(June) and the Schwarzwald music festival in Freudenstadt(June www.ohrenfreuden.de). Our members have also been very active in there orchestral careers playing Guest Principle with the RAI of Turin Symphony Orchestra, With the Suisse Romande orchestra, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber orchestra, Verbier Festival orchestra among others. Francesco D'Urso passed his Orchestral musician masters with Mention Bien and Christophe Le Grand passed his Bachelor of Music with Mention Bien aswell. Moya is looking forward to an exciting 2009-2010 season with many big projects planned notably a tour to South Africa in Febuary and March 2010.




22/06/09 MOYA played at the Schwarzwald music festival in Freudenstadt on the 22nd of June 2009

19/06/09 Francesco and Christophe complete there degree's!

Congratulations to MOYA members Christophe and Francesco on completing there degree's. Francesco his Orchestral Masters Diploma and Christophe Legrand his Bachelor of Music both achieved there degrees with Merit. Here is the program for Christophe's Recital.



19/04/09 MOYA Record WOZA MOYA there first CD.

07/03/09 MOYA just played at the IPV Trombone symposium in Stuttgart. www.ipf2009.de

08/02/09 Francesco completed his final recitals for his Orchestral Masters diploma with Merit!
Francesco performed 2 excellent programs with a little bit of everything! One in February and one in June. He premiered a new piece by Kayo Nakaaki called La Pierre written as part of group of pieces about a Japanese Garden. It is written for Trombone and Electro-acoustic music. A very Interesting piece, a video and recording will be coming later this year. For those of you that speak french there is the full program link below

DUrso.FlyerA5.recto2-1.pdf

DUrso.FlyerA5.verso.pdf

08/02/09 MOYA goes German.

In Preperation for our upcoming concerts in Germany our site now has some sections availible in German!!! Check it out!

07/02/09 Our Local Brass Shop.

I have just added our local Brass shop to our links, Servette Music also makers of the Hagmann valve. Rene Hagmann is someone who has helped all our members tremedously over the years with the maintenence, modifications as well as selling us some fine instruments along the way!!

04/02/09 MOYA and Baroque music.

This weekend Moya participated in a workshop conducted by renowned Sacbutist Stefan Legèe and Cornetist William Dongois. Both are professors at the Geneva Conservatoire. The focus of this workshop was works for large ensembles by Giovanni Gabrielli. Photos and Sound extracts will be forthcoming.........
Affiche_Gabrieli_Geneve.pdf

In the meantime here is some information about a further workshop they will be conducting in Germany next month.

9206_web.pdf
9202_web.pdf

19/11/08 New Program Previews concert at Trossingen Conservatoire.

Moya returns from a successful concert in Trossingen on the 19th of November!!We really had a great time previewing some new, special additions to our programs.
Firstly, We played a new arrangement of La Boheme from our ".....four the Opera...." program. To be premiered early next year including, Overture from magic flute, Queen of the night, Intermezzo from Cavalieri Rustican, Extracts from Prince Igor, Extracts from Tanhauser and der Valkyrie's, The William Tell overture, L'elesir d'amore and much more.

Secondly we premiered our new dance choreography. Fun and a definate must see..

Moya would also lke to present its latest repertoire for Trombone quartet and choir!
Repertoire thus far includes:
Bruckner:
Locus iste

Os justi meditabitur sapientiam

Offertorium: Afferentur regi

Ave Maria (1861)

Vexilla regis

Ecce sacerdos magnus

Antiphon: Tota pulchra es

Virga Jesse floruit

Pange lingua

Offertorium: Inveni David

Christus factus est

Johann Nepomuk Ahle:

Misit me vivens Pater

Ego sum panis vitae

Homo quidam

Respexit Elias

Heinrich Schutz:

Psalmen Davids, Op. 2

Simone Candotto:

Missa Brevis

Thomas Beimel

Sicut cervus for Trombone, Percussion and Choir

17-22/10/09 MOYA tours Hungary with Concerts in Budapest
Slideforce meets MOYA celebrating after a successfull concert