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Chris Day

About Me

Trombonist, Composer /Arranger Chris Day was born in Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. After graduating from Queens University Belfast with First Class Honours in Music he continued studies in the Trombone Class of Professor Jonas Bylund, in the Hochschule für Musik und Theatre, Hannover, Germany.Concerts have taken him throughout the UK, Europe and the USA. Chris has made several studio, television and radio recordings for BBC, UTV, RTE, TG4 and Virgin V2 and has shared the stage with many famous artists including Duke Special and Westlife.In 2007 Chris won the Hamilton Harty Scholarship award enabling him to attend and take part in the Båstad Chamber Music Festival, Sweden.An active chamber musician, Chris performs regularly with his Brass Quintet, Trombone Quartet 'Quattrobones' and Trombone Ensemble of HMT Hannover. In 2009 Chris and his Trombone Quartet were winners in the Friedrich-Jürgen-Sellheim-Gesellschaft Chamber music competition. Upcoming concerts include Konzerthaus Berlin and Laeiszhalle Hamburg. Chris can also be heard playing other instruments including, Alto / Valve Trombone, Euphonium, Church Organ, Piano and Guitar / Bass. Chris is resident Composer / Arranger for Posaune-Pur-Camp, Germany.CHRIS DAY IS SPONSORED BY HÖRMANN UK LTD You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/11/2006
Band Website: www.chrisday.info
Band Members: Conn 88H Trombone, Vincent Bach 5g Mouthpiece.Selmer Lincoln Trombone, Silver, Small bore jazz, Christian Lindberg 13CL Mouthpiece.King 606 small bore jazz Trombone, Christian Lindberg 13CL Mouthpiece.JP Eb Alto Trombone, Christian Lindberg 15CL Mouthpiece.M-Audio ProKeys 88 Stage Piano.Gibson 'Gothic' Sg Guitar.
Influences: My family and friends, my colleauges past and present in the trombone class of Jonas Bylund, Christian Lindberg, composers and musicians such as Mahler, Bruckner, Brahms, Shostakovich, Wagner, Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Respighi, Richard Strauss, Debussy, Ravel, Steve Reich, Piers Hellawell, Bartok, Stravinsky, Elgar, Franck, Duke Ellington, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey, Don Lusher, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, Steve Ray Vaughan, Ray Charles, Mel Torme, Frank Sinatra,The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Sting and the police, The Band, John Mayer, Fleetwood Mac, The Doors, Duke Special, Divine Comedy, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Dream Theatre, Every sound on this planet!
Record Label: wyncrest music

My Blog

Check out this event: Trombone Class Hannover Irish Tour

Hosted By:Chris DayWhen:Saturday, February 21- Wednesday, 25th February, 2009Where:............21stFebruary....St ColmansCollege Chapel, Violet Hill, Newry 8PM...... ......22ndFebruary....British T...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:48:00 GMT

CV

Christopher Day - Cv Trombonist - Composer  Arranger: Classical  Jazz  Rock - Pop Personal Information Date of Birth: 7.06.1986...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:13:00 GMT

LEBENSLAUF

Christopher Day - Lebenslauf Posaunist - Komponist  Arrangeur: Klassik  Jazz  Rock - Pop Persönliche Daten Geburtsdatum: 7.06....
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:41:00 GMT

Aha

I finally figured out how to convert to mp3 so i've stuck up a few old and rough recordings. Hopefully get something fresh recorded and up pretty soon.
Posted by on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:48:00 GMT