Trombonists return to campus to slide into return concert

    The Rittenhouse Trombone Quartet returns to NE Campus for two free concerts next week.

   The quartet will perform Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, a show drawn from multiple musical genres.

   Performances will be Thursday, Feb. 28, at 11:07 a.m. in the Student Center, Center Corner, and Friday, March 1 at 8 p.m. in the NE Student Center, Center Corner.

   The nationally recognized quartet is made up of students from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Curtis, a nationally-known music conservatory, offers full-tuition scholarships to all its students.

   “Thirty percent of the top five orchestras in the country are filled with Curtis graduates,” James Barros, NE associate professor of music, said.

   The Rittenhouse Trombone Quartet is Anthony R. Wise, Ryan Johnstone, W. David Rumbaugh Jr. and Zachary W. Bond.

   Three of the trombonists, Johnstone, Rumbaugh and Bond, are native Texans. Bond is also a former TCC student.

   All three were named to the Texas All-State Symphony Orchestra in high school and were members of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra.

   Johnstone also has performed with the Dallas Symphony in Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and in New York City’s Carnegie Hall.

   “It is an understatement to say they are just good musicians because they are among the finest musicians in the world,” Barros said of last year’s performance.

   “This is an opportunity for our students to hear music at its highest attainment,” he said.