Trombone virtuoso, Scott Shelsta, entertains, delights and educates audiences across America.
- Will he be featured in your community soon?
After a 30-year career as the trombone soloist of the US Army Band, "Pershing's Own," Shelsta steps back in history to bring the thrill of 1890s America to the 21st century audience. Re-enacting famous trombonists, Arthur Pryor (b. 1870) and Frederick Innes (b. 1854), he tells the story of a time and a way of life when 30,000 people would gather around the band gazebo for an afternoon of dazzling musical entertainment by the concert bands of Hall, Gilmore, Liberati, Innes, Sousa, and Pryor, as well as their own town band.
Just as Trombonists Innes and Pryor did so many years ago, Shelsta's playing brings listeners to the edge of their seats and leaves audiences awestuck, speechless and ready to come back for more.
Scott Shelsta lives and is a freelance musician in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, playing and soloing with brass ensembles, bands and orchestras, and for special church presentations.
Trombone literature: Look over this major compilation of solos, duets, trios, etc., with wind band accompaniment.
