Past performances (sample)
March 8, 2024 - Steel Recital Hall, UPEI, Charlottetown, PEI
Trombone, She Wrote: Music by Canadian Women Composers - with Magdalena von Eccher, piano
Hope Salmonson: Vita in motu (euphonium)
Jocelyn Morlock: Torsion
Monica Pearce: now more than ever (w/ loop station) (Canadian premiere)
Cait Nishimura: Tundra (euphonium)
F. Jane Naylor: Be Strong and Strengthened
Barbara York: A Caged Bird
April 24, 2023 - St. Andrew's United Church, Halifax, NS
Solo performance with Nova Sinfonia
Roger F. Taylor: Concerto for Trombone, Strings and Percussion
November 21, 2021 - Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, PEI
Solo performance with PEI Symphony Orchestra
Nino Rota: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra
January 31, 2020 - Brunton Auditorium, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
Trombone, North of 60 - with Magdalena von Eccher, piano; Joël Cormier, percussion
Atso Almila: Suite (Helsinki)
Finn Arnestad: Sonata (Oslo)
German Okunev: Two Pieces (St. Petersburg)
Sigurður Sævarsson: Alpsonata (Reykjavík)
Andrea Tarrodi: Pausoli's Song (Stockholm)
Carmen Braden: Ghost of a Giant in the Ground (World Premiere performance) - Commissioned with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Solo performances with UPEI Wind Symphony; Karem Simon, conductor
Alexandre Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique, Op. 88
October 24, 2019 - Celtic Performing Arts Centre, Summerside, PE
November 2, 2019 - CP Allen High School, Bedford, NS
November 3, 2019 - North Nova High School, New Glasgow, NS
November 21, 2019 - Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, PE
March 20, 2019 - Dalhousie University Faculty Chamber Series, The Peggy Corkum Music Room, Halifax, NS
Trombone, She Wrote: Music by Canadian Women Composers - with Lynn Johnson, piano; D'Arcy Gray, percussion
Elizabeth Raum: Fantasy
F. Jane Naylor: Be Strong and Strengthened
Amy Brandon: dreim.spk (w/ electronics) (World Premiere performance)
Barbara Pentland: Variable Winds (w/ percussion)
Jocelyn Morlock: Fracas (w/ percussion) (World Premiere performance)
Barbara York: A Caged Bird
February 7, 2019 - Acadia University Thursday Recital Series, Wolfville, NS
Trombone, She Wrote: Music by Canadian Women Composers - with Lynn Johnson, piano
Elizabeth Raum: Fantasy
Jocelyn Morlock: Torsion
F. Jane Naylor: Be Strong and Strengthened
Monica Pearce: Microexpressions (alto trb)
Barbara York: A Caged Bird
September 30, 2018 - Brunton Auditorium, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
Romancing the Trombone with Jacqueline Sorensen Young, piano
Romances by Claude Debussy, Victor Ewald, Ida Gotkovsky, Axel Jørgensen, W.A. Mozart, Camille Saint-Saëns, P.I. Tchaikovsky, Carl Maria von Weber, and Canadian composer Elizabeth Raum
July 23, 2018 - Lefurgey Cultural Center, Summerside Arts Festival, PEI
Meet the Trombone - with Jacqueline Sorensen Young, piano
A history of the trombone and its music from the 16th to the 21st century. Featuring soprano, alto, tenor, and bass trombones; and sackbut.
January 28, 2018 - Brunton Auditorium, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
Trombone, She Wrote: Music by Canadian Women Composers with Lynn Johnson, piano, and Erin Bardua, voice
Elizabeth Raum: Fantasy
Jocelyn Morlock: Torsion
F. Jane Naylor: Be Strong and Strengthened
Monica Pearce: Microexpressions (alto trb)
Leila Lustig: The Heart is a Resilient Muscle (w/ voice)
Barbara York: A Caged Bird (euphonium)
March 30, 2016 - D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University of Newfoundland
New Kid on The Rock with Kristina Szutor, piano; Michelle Cheramy, flute; Christine Carter, clarinet; Alan Klaus, trumpet; Mitchel Fleming, saxophone; Rob Power, Keith Harding and Whitney Rowe, percussion; Paddywagon Trombone Quartet (Brian Lew, Emily Norris, Josh Penney and Ben Taylor)
William Cahn: Sonata for Trombone and Percussion (3)
Jan Järvlepp: Light in Fog and Daylight (w/ percussion) - World Premiere
Malcolm Forsyth: Arcadian Panoply (solo trombone w/ trb 4tet)
Rene Gerber: Concertino (fl, cl, trb, pno)
Dale Sorensen: Hare and Hounds (fl, t.sax, tpt, trb, marimba, pno)
February 25, 2016 - The Kirk of St. James, Charlottetown, PEI
Be Strong and Strengthened with Frances McBurnie (piano)
John Davison: Sonata
Gordon Jacob: Sonata
F. Jane Naylor: Be Strong and Strengthened (World Premiere performance)
Laurie Matthew Duncan: Sonata No. 1
Barbara York: A Caged Bird
November 1, 2015 - Laudamus Auditorium, Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, MB
Recital with Laurie Matthew Duncan, piano; Steven Dyer*, trombone
Paul Hindemith: Sonata for trombone and piano
*Laurie Matthew Duncan: Sonata No. 1 for trombone and piano
Harald Genzmer: Sonata for trombone and piano
*Laurie Matthew Duncan: Elegy for trombone and piano
Laurie Matthew Duncan: Sonata No. 2 for trombone and piano (World Premiere performance)
September 28, 2014 - Steel Recital Hall, UPEI, Charlottetown, PEI
The Time Traveling Trombone with Jacqueline Sorensen (piano); Frances McBurnie (piano); Rick Covey (piano); David Parker (horn); Greg Irvine (tuba)
Leonard Bernstein: Elegy for Mippy II
G.M. Cesare, I: 'La Hieronyma' from Musicali Melodie (sackbut)
Michael Haydn: Concertino in D (alto trombone and horn)
J.I. Müller: Praeludium, Chorale, Variations and Fugue
Philippe Gaubert: Morceau Symphonique
Richard Covey: Fantasia
Barbara York: Nordic Suite (w/ tuba and piano)
April 13, 2014 - Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, ON
13th Street Winery recital series with Vanessa May-lok Lee (piano)
Samuel Dolin: Kinesis I & II
Jason Caron: Rhapsody for Trombone and Piano
Monica Pearce: Microexpressions (alto trombone and piano)
Steve McManaman: August 1945
Eldad Tsabary: HaGuGum
April 2, 2014 - Hart House, University of Toronto, ON
Midday Mosaics recital series with Lisa Tahara (piano); Ton Beau String Quartet (Linnea Thacker, Alexa Wilks, violins; Alex McLeod, viola; Sarah Steeves, cello)
Joseph Jongen - Aria et Polonaise, Op. 128
W.A. Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3, K. 447 (alto trombone)
Scott Good: Sorensen Variations (w/ string quartet)
February 1, 2014 - Acadia University, Wolfville, NS
Acadia University New Music Festival "Shattering the Silence" - solo performance with Acadia University Wind Ensemble; Mark Hopkins, conductor
Scott Good: Sun-Moon (trombone and wind ensemble)
December 7, 2013 - MacMillan Theatre, University of Toronto, ON
Solo performance with University of Toronto Wind Ensemble; Gillian MacKay, conductor
Scott Good: Sun-Moon (trombone and wind ensemble) - World Premiere
August 5, 2013 - The Kirk of St. James, Charlottetown, PEI
Recital with Frances McBurnie, piano
Tchaikovsky: Romance, Op. 5
Alasdair MacLean: trombone & piano - World Premiere
Monica Pearce: Microexpressions (alto trombone and piano)
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3, K. 447 (alto trombone)
June 10, 2013 - St. Thomas's Anglican Church, Toronto, ON
DMA Recital #2 - All-Canadian Trombone Recital with Vanessa May-lok Lee, piano; Marty Smyth, organ; Ton Beau String Quartet (Linnea Thacker, Alexa Wilks, violins; Alex McLeod, viola; Sarah Steeves, cello); Cathy Stone, trombone; Andy Chappell, bass trombone
Richard Gibson: Mouvement Polyphonique (3 trombones and piano)
John Weinzweig: Riffs II (solo trombone)
Steve McManaman: August 1945 (w/ piano)
Monica Pearce: Microexpressions (alto trombone and piano) - World Premiere
Malcolm Forsyth: Soliloquy, Epitaph and Allegro (w/ organ)
Scott Good: Dzunukwa's Aria (w/ organ)
Scott Good: Sorensen Variations (w/ string quartet)
February 20, 2013 - St. Andrew's, 47 Owen Street, Barrie, ON
Recital with Marty Smyth, organ
Malcolm Forsyth: Soliloquy, Epitaph and Allegro
P.I. Tchaikovsky: Romance, Op. 5
Gottfried Finger: Sonata (alto trombone)
May 24, 2012 - Walter Hall, University of Toronto, ON
DMA Recital I - "All-Canadian Trombone" with Vanessa May-lok Lee (piano); Cathy Stone (trombone); Peter Collins (bass trombone)
Elizabeth Raum - Fantasy (1981)
Elizabeth Raum - Olmütz Concerto (1994) for alto trombone
Eldad Tsabary - HaGuGum (1997)
Laurie Matthew Duncan - Sonata for Trombone and Piano (2011 - World Premiere)
Serge Filiatreault - Nuages Verts (for three trombones)
March 8, 2012 - Christ Church Deer Park, Toronto, ON
Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation Lunchtime Chamber Music Recital with Vanessa May-lok Lee (piano)
Gottfried Finger - Sonata (alto trombone)
P.I. Tchaikovsky, arr. D. Sorensen - Romance, Op. 5
Elizabeth Raum (CAN) - Romance
Elizabeth Raum (CAN) - Olmütz Concerto (1st mvt) for alto trombone
Maurice Ravel - Piece en forme de Habanera
Edmund Atherton (CAN) - Three Speed Invention (World Premiere)
Jan Sandstrom - Song for Lotta
July 18, 2010 - Steel Recital Hall, UPEI, Charlottetown
The Island Low Brass Mafia Rides Again - Eric Mathis, Dale Sorensen (trombones), Bob Nicholson (bass trombone/tuba), Greg Irvine (tuba), Frances McBurnie (piano)
World Premiere: Derek Charke: Quartet for Low Brass
Henri Tomasi: Etre ou ne pas etre (tuba solo w/3 trb)
Christian Lindberg: Catmania (2 trb)
Raymond Luedeke: Wonderland Duets (2 tubas and narrator)
Serge Filiatreault: Nuages verts (3 trb)
J.I. Müller: Praeludium, Chorale, Variations and Fugue (trb and piano)
November 15, 2009 - Lilian Piercey Concert Hall, Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, Halifax, NS
Recital with David Parker, horn; Dean Bradshaw, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: 7 Variations on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute" for trombone and piano
Arne Nordheim: The Hunting of the Snark for trombone
Zygmunt Stojowski: Fantasie, Op. 27 for trombone and piano
Michael Haydn: Concertino in D for horn, alto trombone and piano
October 23, 2005 - Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, PEI
Solo performance with the Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra
Jim O'Leary: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (World Premiere performance)
April 10, 2005 - Seniors' Active Living Centre, UPEI, Charlottetown, PEI
April 16, 2005 - Tryon United Church, Tryon, PEI
Solo performance with the Strathgartney Chamber Orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in a minor for trombone and orchestra (orig for bassoon)
November 6, 2004 - Beaconsfield's Carriage House, Charlottetown, PEI
Recital with Jacqueline Sorensen, piano
G.P. Telemann: Sonata in f minor, TWV 41: f1
Claude Debussy: Romance, L. 79, No. 1
Ida Gotkovsky: Romance
Axel Jørgensen: Romance
Wilhelm Domroese: Sakura - Japanese Impressions
Beethoven: 12 Variations on a theme from Handel's "Judas Maccabeus", WoO 45
Arthur Honegger: Hommage du trombone, H. 59
Olivier Messiaen: Vocalise-Étude
Maurice Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera
William Presser: Sonatina
Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata
November 8, 2003 - Beaconsfield's Carriage House, Charlottetown, PEI
Fundraising concert for the Beaconsfield Piano Fund - with Jacqueline Sorensen, piano; Suzanne Campbell, voice
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in a minor (for bassoon) for trombone and piano
Alexandre Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique, Op. 88 for trombone and piano
Georg Christoph Wagenseil: Memoriam from 'Confitebor' for alto trombone, voice and piano
Johann Zechner: Aria Solemnus for alto trombone, voice and piano
April 12, 2003 - Steel Recital Hall, UPEI
Recital for International Trombone Week - with Bob Nicholson, bass trombone; Frances McBurnie, piano; Jacqueline Sorensen, piano; Trombone Choir
Kazimierz Serocki: Sonatina for trombone and piano
Anthony Plog: Three Miniatures for trombone and piano
Alessandro Besozzi: Sonata No. 6 for alto trombone and piano
Alan Raph, arr. Herb Schoales: Rock for tenor and bass trombone
plus music for trombone choir
November 17, 2002 - The Music Room, Halifax, Nova Scotia
All-Canadian recital for Canada Music Week - with Jacqueline Sorensen, piano
Remi Bouchard (MB): Riding Mountain
John Weinzweig (ON): Riffs II for solo trombone
Laura Hoffman (NS): Darker colours - World Premiere performance
Samuel Dolin (ON): Kinesis I
Elizabeth Raum (SK): Fantasy
September 1, 2002 - Steel Recital Hall, UPEI
Recital with Frances McBurnie, piano; Eric Mathis, trombone; Bob Nicholson, bass trombone
Paul Hindemith: Sonata for trombone and piano
Richard Gibson: Mouvement Polyphonique for three trombones and piano - World Premiere performance
Three Renaissance Songs for three trombones
Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata, Op. 1 No. 1 for three trombones and piano
J.S. Bach: Haste, ye Shepherds for trombone and piano
William Schmidt: Partita on 'Hammering' for three trombones
February 10, 2002 - Steel Recital Hall, Charlottetown, PEI
eklektikos new music project - with Mark Parsons, trumpet; Barrie Sorensen, clarinet/sax; Jacqueline Sorensen, piano
Donald Appert: Canticle for alto trombone and piano
Allen Molineux: A Brief Diversion for trumpet, trombone and piano
Richard Ross: Tabloid for trombone and saxophone
Jérôme Naulais: Appels et Mirage for trombone
William Presser: Jorepi for clarinet, trombone and piano
September 27, 2001 - The Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
Recital with Bob Nicholson, bass trombone; Frances McBurnie, piano; Mike Ross, piano/vocal
Orlando di Lasso: Fantasia for 2 trombones
Paul Hindemith: Stücke for bassoon and cello
Dmitri Shostakovich: Four Preludes, Op. 34 for trombone and piano
Frank Zappa: Let's Make the Water Turn Black/Oh No for 2 trombones and piano
Tom Waits: Picture in a Frame for vocal/piano and 2 trombones
Charles Small: Conversation for tenor and bass trombone
Ida Gotkovsky: Romance for trombone and piano
Jacques Castérède: 'Andante sostenuto' from Sonatine for trombone and piano
Alan Raph, arr. Herb Schoales: Rock for tenor and bass trombone
July 19, 2001 - The Kirk of St. James, Charlottetown, PEI
Recital with Frances McBurnie, piano; Eric Mathis, trombone; Bob Nicholson, bass trombone
Elizabeth Raum: Fantasy for trombone and piano
Yvonne Gillespie: Felinicity for three trombones and piano - World Premiere performance
Anthony Genge: Trio for three trombones
Arne Nordheim: The Hunting of the Snark for trombone
Barrie Sorensen: Jazz Suite for three trombones and piano - World Premiere performance
February 10, 2001 - MacKenzie Theatre, Charlottetown, PEI
ECMA Classical Showcase Recital - with Frances McBurnie, piano; Blue Engine String Quartet
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cavatine, Op. 144 for trombone and piano
Axel Jørgensen: Romance, Op. 21 for trombone and piano
Elizabeth Raum: Fantasy for trombone and piano
Scott Good: 'Vivace' from Sorensen Variations for trombone and string quartet
September 11, 2000 - Victoria Playhouse, PEI
Recital with Celeste Jankowski, violin; Karen Langille, violin; Kirsty Money, viola; Hilary Brown, cello
Allen Molineux: Manipulations for trombone
Vincent Persichetti: Serenade No. 6 for trombone, viola and cello
Leonard Bernstein: Elegy for Mippy II for trombone
Howard Skempton: Two Melodies for trombone and string quartet
Scott Good: Sorensen Variations for trombone and string quartet - World Premiere performance
left to right: Celeste Jankowski, Hilary Brown, Dale Sorensen, Kirsty Money, Scott Good, Karen Langille.
January 14, 2000 - Capitol Theatre, Windsor, ON
World Premiere performance with Lillian Scheirich, violin; the Windsor Symphony; Susan Haig, conductor
Anita Sleeman's Capriccio for Trombone, Violin and Orchestra, Op. 20 (1975)
November 26, 1999 - Jubilee Theatre, Summerside
November 12, 1999 - Steel Recital Hall, UPEI
Solo performance with the UPEI Wind Symphony; Karem Simon, conductor
Alexandre Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique, Op. 88 for trombone and band
November 18, 1999 - Steel Recital Hall, UPEI
Recital with Frances McBurnie, piano; Bob Nicholson, bass trombone
Paul Hindemith: Trauermusik for trombone and piano (1936)
Gerard Victory: Centaur for trombone and piano (1985)
Charles Small: Conversation for tenor and bass trombone (1976)
October 17, 1999 - Walter Hall, University of Toronto
World Premiere performance
Lusiana Lukman: Span for trombone and digital tape (1999)
July 25, 1999 - The Haviland Club, Charlottetown, PEI
Recital with Frances McBurnie, piano; Eric Mathis, trombone; Bob Nicholson, bass trombone
G.B. Pergolesi: Sonata No. 4 for three trombones
Kazimierz Serocki: Sonatina for trombone and piano (1955)
Charles Small: Conversation for tenor and bass trombone (1976)
Raymond Premru: Two Pieces for three trombones (1965)
John Davison: Sonata, Op. 112 for three trombones and piano (1992)
August, 1998 - St. Mary's Church, Indian River, PEI
Solo performance with the Northumberland Brass; Gregory Irvine, conductor
Traditional, arr. John Iveson: Londonderry Air for trombone and brass ensemble
March 8, 1998 - London Regional Art & Historical Museums, ON
Recital with Lori Gemmell, harp; Steven Wassmansdorf, percussion
John Weinzweig: Riffs II for trombone
Donald Appert: Sehnsucht for trombone and harp
Frank Campo: Commedie for trombone and percussion
January 17, 1997 - Assumption University Chapel, Windsor, ON
World Premiere performance with the Windsor Symphony; Susan Haig, conductor
Jack Behrens: Concertino for Trombone and Chamber Orchestra (1997)
