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Welcome to JcSherman.net!

Tubas - Trombones - Cimbassi - Ophicleide - Serpent - Repairs - Mouthpieces


A quick look at me and all the great music, mouthpiece and instrument making I enjoy!

Currently, I'm the Principal Tubist with Opera Cleveland and the Firelands Symphony Orchestras and I've been performing with the Blossom Festival Band since 1998.  I'm an Oberlin Conservatory graduate ('94) with Bachelors of Music degrees in Tuba Performance and Music Education.  There, I studied tuba and ophicleide with Ronald Bishop and bass trombone and bass sackbut with Raymond Premru.

I have the great privilege of performing throughout Northeast Ohio and the world as a chamber musician, soloist, and orchestral performer on a wide variety of instruments.  I also create and modify musical instruments for performers all over the world.  You can read more about me on my biography page.

I'm also an ardent proponent and performer of historic brass instruments, particularly regarding the contemporary use of the ophicleide.

 

ROGERS SERPENT MOUTHPIECE

Thanks to everyone for making these so popular!  I am now manufacturing several historic serpent mouthpiece models and a tenor cornetto mouthpiece on special order.  Please allow 3-6 weeks for delivery, and contact us for international shipping.

The Rogers Mouthpiece—commissioned by Craig Kridel after discussions with Christopher Monk, Keith Rogers, and Steven Silverstein, designed by Douglas Yeo, and produced by J.c. Sherman—offers today's players of the euphonium and baritone horn the ability to produce the historical sound of the serpent. 

For more information on these mouthpieces, click here.

Coming Performances

8:00 p.m. - Feb. 25, 2012
    Firelands Symphony
    State Theater
    Sandusky, OH - tuba

8:00 p.m. - Apr. 14, 2012
    Firelands Symphony
    State Theatre
    Sandusky, OH - tuba

What's New?

More Mouthpieces!

As the word of the Rogers Mouthpieces spreads, requests for custom mouthpieces has been increasing.  This has been very exciting, from exploring Hermenge's Serpent Forveille mouthpiece description to a recent tenor cornetto mouthpiece request, the mouthpieces are becoming more popular!  We’re also modifying existing and historic mouthpieces.

Keep tuned in; we're exploring different synthetic materials such as acrylic and Corian, both for their stability and their similarity to historic materials like horn, ivory and tortoiseshell.

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APPROACHING THE SERPENT: AN HISTORICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL OVERVIEW is now available on www.yeodoug.com.  This incredible DVD containes some terrific information and historical data on the serpent, provides lessons, duets and music with which to play along.  Also, the DVD introduces the ROGERS SERPENT MOUTHPIECE (see above)!
 
Check out my videos on youtube, including "Waltz for Franco," the second movement to the "Concerto for Tubameister" by Canadian composer, Victor Davies, which I premiered in 2008.
 
 
Also, see my transcription of "Galway Bay" performed by the Cleveland POPS Orchestra on their youtube channel and on Facebook!

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