Richard Survives 65mph Car Crash
In the early hours of 11th June 2004, just a few days before the 2004 International Trombone Festival in New York, Richard was involved in a serious collision at 65mph on the M27 motorway at Southampton, UK.  He escaped with a broken sternum and fractured ribs but was unable to attend the festival where Turned On arrangements were being performed. Richard is now fully recovered. During the months of recuperation he put pencil to paper and created lots more Turned On trombone quartet arrangements. These are now ready and waiting for you at the arrangements page

From the south coast of England to the White House: read the Turned On story

Turned On Music was scheduled for performance at The White House, Washington D.C.! So how did we almost get here…?

The first Turned On arrangement, My Funny Valentine, was created in 1994, and lay patiently in a drawer for several years....

In 2000, whilst on tour in Manchester, Richard met the Bones Apart girls by chance in a late night bar.  Over a post show drink, Richard and the girls talk about the arrangement and the music is soon in their very capable hands.  They go on to perform it with characteristic panache before embarking on a tour to the USA, where they inspire several American trombone players to contact Richard and request the sheet music for the arrangement. 

An email soon arrived from an American trombonist, Dave Wingard, saying that his trombone quartet, slidebyslide.org had an upcoming performance on the lawn of the White House for the US Senate, and My Funny Valentine is on the program...

The politician who was sponsoring the performance was then promptly voted out of Senate…so much for democracy!  The event never took place, but requests for sheet music grew, and performances flourished.  Since 2002 Turned On Music has served musicians across the world, many of whom have given us kind feedback (see the reviews page for peoples' thoughts.)

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