Gordon Cherry has been running Cherry Classics for over 20 years. He is a leading professional Trombonist in North America, having performed as Principal Trombonist of the Vancouver Symphony, and the CBC Radio Orchestra. As well, Gordon has taught hundreds of Brass students for over 30 years at the University of British Columbia and many international leading music festivals.Details
Below Brooklyn Wood describes her new work Sketches of Montréal for Trombone and Piano. Her composition is in two movements and was written in 2025 as a commission by a consortium of trombonists for her friend and colleague Canadian trombonist Jackson Howard. The work of about 9 minutes in length is very expressive and descriptive and suitable for advanced performers.
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Bittersweet for Green
Since moving to Montreal, I’ve become attuned to the city’s constant undercurrent, its mix of distant conversations, traffic, and wind through narrow streets. I spent much of my time composing in parks, trying to catch moments of quiet within the city’s unending motion. I often felt homesick for the openness and calm of my hometown in British Columbia, where silence carries its own kind of music. This movement grew out of that contrast: the search for stillness amid noise, and the strange harmony that exists between the two.
One Dollar Books and Words in the Margins
As the summer shifted into fall, I found myself returning to my favourite used bookstore in search of musical inspiration. Its shelves are filled with stories that hold the potential to spark new ideas, and near the entrance, a table of one-dollar books always draws my attention: a mix of forgotten titles, worn editions, and works that have been challenged. Reading there became a way to step outside familiar patterns of thought and encounter perspectives I might not otherwise notice. I found that amid this current landscape of filtered opinions, a single book can reveal an unexpected point of view. This movement grew from those visits, from discovering what has been overlooked, and from the quiet persistence of ideas that refuse to be forgotten.