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The Biographies of William Osborne and Abbie Conant
Abbie Conant was recognized as especially talented at an early age and received a scholarship to the Interlochen Arts Academy, where she received a diploma in 1973. In 1977 she received her Bachelor´s Degree (cum Laude) from Temple University where she studied with Dee Stewart of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1976 she studied at Yale University, and in 1979 she received her Master´s Degree from the Juilliard School in New York City where she studied with Per Brevig of the Metropolotian Opera. In that same year she was a finalist in the Young Artists Competition in New York City. In 1979 she studied with Vinko Globokar at the L´Accademia di Chigiana in Siena. In 1984 she received a diploma from the Meisterklasse of Branimir Slokar at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Köln. In 1979-1980 she was solo trombonist of the Royal Opera of Turin. From 1980 to 1993 she was solo trombonist of the Munich Philharmonic. The International Trombone Association Journal has featured Abbie Conant in a cover article and described her as "in the first rank of world class trombonists". She has recorded a highly acclaimed CD of trombone and organ music and performs internationally as a concerto soloist, recitalist, and performance artist, including appearances with the Hessische Rundfunk Symphonie Orchester, the Münchner Kammerorchester, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the St. Joseph´s Symphony, and the Halle Symphony Orchestra. Her work as a performance artist has taken her to most of the large state theaters in Germany, where she has performed to great critical and public acclaim. She has been nominated for the professorships of trombone at the state colleges of music in Köln, Berlin, and Graz.
In the recent years she has performed as a soloist in over 155 American and European cities. These performances have been written about in articles in countless publications, including the Washtington Post and the Wall Street Journal. Because of her international reputation Abbie Conant´s highly acclaimed "International Trombone Camp" draws students from all over the world. In 1992 Abbie Conant was featured in the cover article of The Trombonist, the journal of the British Trombone Society. In 1992 the Baden-Würtenburg State Ministry for Education, in recognition of her international reputation as a trombonist, named her full tenured Professor of Trombone at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen where she replaced Branimir Slokar. In 1996 Abbie was elected as Vice-President/President Elect of the International Trombone Association, though it has been necessary for her to resign to fulfill the obligations of her solo career. William Osborne
In recent years they have toured to over 155 cities in America and Europe to great critical acclaim with his compositions. Their European venues have included the Munich Biennale, The Stuttgarter Tage für Neue Musik, The Hamburg State Opera, The Bavarian State Opera, The Freiburg Theater Festival, The State Theater of Kassel, Frankfurt’s Theater am Turm, Munich’s Gasteig Cultrual Center, and Nuovo Forme Sonare in Rome. They have performed and given workshops at most of America’s major music schools including The Juilliard School, The New England Conservatory, Yale University, The Eastman School of Music, The Peabody Conservatory, Indiana University, The San Francisco Conservatory, Cal Arts, the University of California at Berkley, Ithaca College, and the University of Northern Texas.
In 1998 he was given a Special Recognition Award by the International Alliance for Women in Music for his services to women in music. In January 2000 MSNBC published a major article about his work on their web new site, "Taking On the Vienna Philharmonic."
Some major interviews and articles about us.
About our work for women in music on the MSNBC News website.
A hilarious article in Cracked.com that covers Abbie's experiences in the Munich Philharmonic. It has had over 700,000 readers and "Liked" on Facebook over 14,000 times.
Abbie's experiences in the Munich Philharmonic comprise the last chapter of the book which was on the New York Times Bestseller List for 18 weeks -- and number one for three.
clarino, bläsermusik international 5/2004
An interview in the IAWM Journal.
VivaVoce (Summer 2000). (A German language interview of us together in the Journal of the Internationale Arbeitskries Frau und Musik)
A brief discussion of our
artistic techniques and their development by William Osborne. The Wall Street Journal (July 7, 1993)
By Monique Buzzarte, IAWM Journal (Febraruy 1996)pp. 8-11.
Ein Bericht von Theda Weber-Lucks für den SWR, 15. Dezember 2000
See also: “Meine Enstschieidung zu kämpfen war für
mich der erste Gewinn...” Frau und Musik Nr. 23, 1992)pp4-6. Hugo
Magliocco, „A Special Endurance“ ITA
Journal (Vol. 20, No. 2, Spring 1992)pp. 22-28. James
Wierzbicki, “A Piercing Excerpt From
‘Miriam’” St. Louis Post-Dispatch (May 31, 1993)p. 5a. Richard Dyer, “Trombonist Conant makes her
point loud and clear” The Boston Globe (Febraury 25, 1994) Performance Today, a 20 minute program about
Abbie Conant broadcast by NPR (March 1994) Documentary Film “Abbie Conant: Alein
unter Mannern,” 1994 (Deutsche Fassung) “Abbie Conant: A
Solo Among Men” 1994 (English version) a 90 minute documentary film produced by 3 SAT and broadcast
nationally on German National Television.
To order the video contact: Telepostsdam Muskauer Str. 24 D-10997 Berlin GERMANY Phone: (0)30 61 79 74 32 Fax: (0)30 61 79 74 33
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