Matthew Russo, trombonist & educator

Instructor of Trombone, University of Connecticut

Month: June 2011

  • happy birthday to jessica

    There are an alarming number of birthdays here at the Monomoy Theatre. Just the other day we were celebrating the director, Alan Rust’s birthday, and the next day was a member of the scene shop’s birthday. And today it’s actor/stage manager Jessica’s birthday! Hurrah! In between shows today, so this will be brief! Two nights…

  • second week special

    Tonight starts the second and final week of Monomoy’s run of “Man of La Mancha.” I’m pretty excited to see what the second week will bring in terms of spontaneity and surprise. I think that’s why I love playing musicals, because I firmly believe music should be a unique experience every time. Music Theatre is…

  • overcast cape

    Even an overcast day is still stunning.

  • Man of La Mancha

    Greeitings from Cape Cod! I’m up here at the Monomoy Theatre in Chatham MA for a two week production of “Man of La Mancha.” I don’t have much time to make a post but I wanted to highlight the show’s best song “The Impossible Dream.” For some reason it invokes the thought of practicing excerpts.…

  • ten blake songs

    This update is from this past February at Katherine Bonner’s “MAD TUBA” recital. We performed Vaughan-Williams’ Ten Blake Songs for oboe and voice, with the trombone as the oboe and the tuba as the voice. The performance went well, and I’ve included the […]