A Song For Japan

Here is the latest video from THE BONE ZONE, A Song For Japan. The trombonists from Blast! The Music of Disney recorded this piece in Okinawa, our last stop on our 47 prefecture tour of Japan. Playing in the video are all five trombonists from Blast!: Ben Owens, Guillermo Ramirez, Josiah Williams, Tao Guthrie and myself. As well as Jeff Harrigan, this tours' conductor, Lacy Smith, who played euphonium in the show and Josh Davis, who played tuba in the show. We were all looking to do something special for our fans. So we recorded this piece we all loved, collected all the photos we had taken from this tour, and made a music video dedicated to our fans. The photos in the video are us with our fans, our friends, special people we met along the way, doing clinics at Japanese schools and amazing places we visited. 

I have always loved the piece A Song For Japan since the first time I heard it played. When I was in college, I heard my trombone teacher, Douglas Yeo, play it on a recital and it almost brought tears to my eyes. He captured the essence of the piece perfectly as the melody is just as beautiful as it is haunting. A Song For Japan was originally written for a charity collaboration project following the 2011 earthquake in Fukushima, Japan. Although the piece was originally written for such a tragedy, we knew it was the perfect piece to dedicate to our Japanese fans. To learn more about the original A Song For Japan please visit : www.trombones.jp

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