Higgins to Write and Premiere Trombone Concerto with San Francisco Symphony
Update 6/30/21 at 2:47 PM – The San Francisco Symphony has announced new performance dates and repertoire to be included with this world premiere. Please see the bottom of the article for more details.
Update 8/31/20 at 7:25 AM – Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the San Francisco Symphony has decided to cancel all San Francisco Symphony concerts (including these three performances) through December 31, 2020.
On February 18, 2020, the San Francisco Symphony announced many highlights to its 2020-2021 season. With Esa-Pekka Salonen as the orchestra’s new Music Director, the season is sure to be an exciting time of performances, including a new trombone concerto commissioned by the orchestra.
Since 2008, Tim Higgins has led the trombone section of the San Francisco Symphony. In addition to performing with San Francisco, Higgins had played with the orchestras of Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Virginia. As a prolific composer, his compositions and arrangements have been performed and recorded by the National Brass Ensemble, the Chicago Symphony Brass, and the Washington Symphonic Brass among others. Now, Higgins is bringing his compositional skills to possibly an unprecedented event where a trombonist is writing his own concerto for a major symphony orchestra. At the end of October 2020, Higgins will perform the world premiere of this concerto with Michael Tilson Thomas as the conductor. This historic three-night series also features the orchestra performing Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1.
Read this interview with Tim Higgins about his upcoming concerto.
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November 18, 2021 (World Premiere)
