Musicians
 Matthias KrügerMatthias is initiator and head of the trombone quintet Slide-O-Five. As such he is your contact for all things concerning the ensemble. His flexibility is also in demand on stage: tenor trombone, bass trombone and contrabass trombone are his instruments. Matthias played his first trombone tones as a member of the church brass band (Posaunenchor) in his home town, which was lead by his father. Later he studied trombone at the Academy of Music in Detmold. His professors were Heinz Kricke and Heinz Fadle. Master courses with Branimir Slokar, Ben van Dijk, Michel Bequet and others supplemented his studies. Matthias can often be met at advanced trainings and summer courses, where he gets fresh impulses and perfects his musical performance. Matthias loves the German trombone sound, which he cultivates together with the other Slide-O-Five musicians. Instruments:
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 Marie-Luise ScherpeMarie-Luise has been a member since the time of the formation and thus - like Matthias - has been active in the trombone quintet Slide-O-Five since 2003. During this time she has written many compositions and arrangements for Slide-O-Five, which regularly enthuse our concert audience. At the moment Marie-Luise is finishing her studies of school music at the Academy of Music in Detmold. She was taught her first trombone lessons at the music school in Detmold by Klaus Ernst. She studied with Professor David Bruchez and got further impulses from several guest professors and in academy ensembles. Together with other Slide-O-Five members she attended a master course with Ben van Dijk, Jörgen van Rijen and others in Spain. Instruments:
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 Madleine FasseMadleine has only been a member of Slide-O-Five for some months, but she has already become perfectly integrated. She contributes the experience which she has gathered in numerous ensembles. Madleine received her first trombone lessons from Burkhard Kluge and Rolf Schlei. At the moment she is a student of Matthias. As trombonist in the "Landesjugendblasorchester" she successfully took part in an international orchestra competition at Lake Garda (Italy). In the wind orchestra in the town of Lügde, which was long conducted by her father and her uncle, she is 1st trombonist. With this orchestra she took part in an orchestra competition in Angermünde. Madleine leads the youth section of this Wind Orchestra. She has also been successful as a solo artist: In 2005 an 2006 she won prizes in the competition "jugend musiziert". Instruments:
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 Marc WeberMarc joined Slide-O-Five in the beginning of 2010. As the 1st trombonist he is exceptionally often responsible for the high notes. Apart from the tenor trombone he also plays the alto trombone in order to guarantee a colourful ensemble-sound. Marc began playing the tenor horn and later the trombone in the brass band of a fire brigade. He took qualified lessons with Klaus Huber, the bass trombonist of the Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra. While serving in the German Armed Forces, he was trombonist for the Army Music Corps (Heeresmusikkorps 3) in Lüneburg. During this time he took lessons with Prof. Joachim Mittelacher. Apart from playing with Slide-O-Five, Marc plays in the Schnathorst Wind Orchestra, he is 1st trombonist of the Freies Sinfonie-Orchester Bielefeld and performs in productions of the Stadttheater Bielefeld - right now he can be heard in "Brassed Off". Instruments:
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 Sven KapplerSven has played with Slide-O-Five since 2009. As a bass trombonist he guarantees the solid basis of our ensemble. With bass- and contrabass trombone he completes the sound of the ensemble in the low register. Sven's first trombone tones were instructed by Rüdiger Klatt; later his teachers were Matthias and Manuel Morgenthaler. By attending numerous workshops and master courses he perfected his performance. He was taught by Uwe Füssel, Stephan Poppe, Uwe Schrodi, Jürgen Neudert, Benjamin Appel, Ben van Dijk, Phil Teele, Douglas Yeo, Brand Attema and others. Sven has played in different church brass bands for 25 years; since 2005 he has been a member of the brass band of the Christuskirche in Herford. Together with this ensemble he won the "Bundesorchesterwettbewerb" in 2008, after having successfully participated in the "Landesorchesterwettbewerb". Sven is the bass trombonist of the Freies Sinfonie-Orchester Bielefeld, where - together with Matthias and Marc - he forms the trombone section. In equal formation the three guarantee the trombone section of the Hochschulorchester Bielefeld. Instruments:
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Former players
- Lisa Kuhlemann (2003 - 2010)
- Felix Ruoff (2005 - 2010)
- Tim Vitic (2007 - 2009)
- Lennart Rübke (2006 - 2008)
- Caroline Gehler (2004 - 2006)
- Klaus Langenbruch (2004 - 2005)
- Lena Spohr (2003 - 2004)
- Rabea Linnemann (2003 - 2004)