Review

David Uber
Theatre Piece:

Orlando, FL, United States
Publisher: Wehr's Music House
Date of Publication: 2006
URL: http://www.wehrs-music-house.com

Primary Genre: Solo Tenor Trombone - with piano

Dr. Uber was professor of music at the College of New Jersey for 33 years, and a trombonist in some of the leading ensembles in New York City, including the New York City Opera and the NBC Symphony. He was an award-winning member of ASCAP and a prolific composer with over 400 publications to his credit. Solo and ensemble works for brass constitute a good portion of his output. Theatre Piece is not a work requiring extra musical theatrics, but is for the traditional ensemble of trombone and piano. It is presented in conventional ABA’ design with a slower more lyrical middle section surrounded by livelier music. In Dr. Uber’s inimitable style, it is fun to perform and easily accessible to an audience. It is musically and technically accessible to a good college level trombonist, although there are two fortissimo e2s in the middle section.

-Karl Hinterbichler
University of New Mexico