Cantares

Cantares (Joaquin Turina (1882 - 1949) lived and studied piano and composition in Paris but his music is melodically derived from Spanish dance and song. Together with de Falla and Albeniz, Turina was part of a distinct school in Paris that used Spanish harmonys and themes in their music - just as Bartok and Kodaly used the folk music of Eastern Europe in their composition. Cantares was originally written for soprano with spanish guitar - the guitar part was later adapted by the composer to be played on the piano. Turina died, unfortunately, before he had time to arrange the soprano part for trombone, leaving this task to be completed by Scott Hartman. Scott Hartman received his BM and MM degrees from the Eastman School of Music and began his career by joining the Empire Brass Quintet and the Boston University faculty in 1984. As a trombone soloist and with his various chamber ensembles, Scott has taught and played concerts in all fifty United States and throughout the world. Mr. Hartman presently performs and records with Proteus7, the Millennium Brass, the Brass Band of Battle Creek and the trombone quartet - Four of a Kind. Scott heads the trombone departments of Yale University and Boston University. At the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Mr. Hartman teaches a two-week workshop for aspiring trombonists.)