Saskia Apon (1957) was born in Rotterdam. She studied the harp with Margot Flipse-Broeders at the Rotterdam Conservatory. As a self-taughtcomposer-arranger she wrote many original works and arrangements for different brass combinations. Saskia Apon is the Rotterdam Philharmonic Brass' arranger in residence.

Describing working on an arrangement of Prokofiev she says,

"I primarily chose to preserve the visionary nature of music. I do not want to exactly copy out music for brass, rather I tried to preserve the atmosphere and the story behind the music. Furthermore, I have aimed at as many colours as can possibly be created by the ensemble. By using melody-percussion, euphonium, Fluegelhorn, Wagner tuba, and piccolo trumpet added to the standard line-up, I have tried to make the arrangements vivid and colourful. I also wanted to achieve this with various mutes and by using many different instrumental combinations, muted or not. In the March and Scherzo arrangements I have emphasized the light-heartedness of the music. In the Scherzo the brilliance of the band is exploited to the max. In the Lieutenant Kije Suite I have tried to retain the illustrative nature, the serenity in Kije's Birth followed by the festive Wedding, the beautiful Romance tune (bass trombone solo), and also the typical Troika Song."

Saskia Apon - Eerste Trombone Kwartet

A song for Japan (Steven Verhelst)

Brian Lynn - Four for Four - Mvt 1

Eric Ewazen - Myths and Legends - Mvt 2

We are 'Slide Too Far', a Trombone Quartet based in Glasgow, UK. Made up of freelance musicians, working not only in Scotland but throughout Europe, we are passionate about this type of genre. Our repertoire not only includes what is considered to be 'standard' repertoire but we actively seek to try and write our own music, to arrange pieces from all different genres and to collaborate with other musicians and composers to both expand the Trombone Quartet repertoire and to put our own 'twist'on the preconceived ideas about what this type of group generally is.

Outside of our recital playing and our individual freelance work we travel throughout Scotland to give workshops and classes to the next generation of brass players, we are very passionate about this as we feel it's important to try and inspire future musicians to keep this wonderful art-form alive forever.