London toots its own horn hosting first International Trombone Festival in Canada

London toots its own horn hosting first International Trombone Festival in Canada

The 2025 International Trombone Festival has landed in Canada for the first time in its history, as Western University hosts a packed four days of events for trombone enthusiasts to play, learn and celebrate their love for the instrument.

Classical Connections: A Bone to Pick

Leipzig, Germany and home of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. When I was a teenager back in The Old Country, I once had a brief but overpowering desire to play the trombone. I borrowed one from school and took it home for the holiday and with the help of a tutor-book, learned to play a selection of simple tunes. But that was as far as it got and my affair with the school trombone was somewhat short-lived. It seemed that the trombone and I simpl…

International Trombone Festival lands at Western

For the first time, Canada hosts more than 500 trombonists from around the world to learn, perform and celebrate musicianship.