Last Saturday I returned from 2 days ITF 2009 in Arhu s. 860 km drive with my new Car together with my colleagues Pierre Volders and Remko de Jage r . We were there because our trombone class from the Rotterdam Conservatory "Codarts" won this years ITA Emory Remington Competition . The students...

A personal review of the ITF 2006 in Birmingham . During the ITF 2006 held in Birmingham-UK, I was invited as one of the guest soloists. Last Monday I returned from the ITF 2006 in Birmingham. This was the last week of three weeks of intense work and lots of joy. After a great week in Corfu-Greece (master...

This year ITF, held in Helsinki, was a big success, a big success for the organization but also for a huge Dutch contribution. Alain Trudel and Jonas Bylund after their
windband concert on Wednesday evening. The organization had put together a very nice program in a friendly surrounding. The Helsinki...

Ben van Dijk made a successful appearance during the ITF 2002 in Denton, USA. Most of the text is from Joshua Brown. Thanks a lot for this!!! Ben van Dijk's bass trombone playing is superb, but his 11:00 concert/clinic showed everyone just how good he is on the contrabass trombone. Ben was joined...