With the help of a generous summer research grant from Goucher College, I was finally able to attend the International Trumpet-making Workshop (ITW) in Bloomington, Indiana this summer (August 2017). I’ve wanted to attend ever since I starting playing the natural trumpet nearly twenty years ago and was thrilled to have the opportunity. What follows […]
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This blog post consists of links to online resources for the lecture recital at the 2017 International Trumpet Guild Conference on June 2, 2017 in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and the presentation at the Third International Historic Brass Society Symposium at New York University on July 13, 2017. Enjoy! SHEET MUSIC RESOURCES (For Sale) Arban and His
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This blog post consists of links to online resources for presentations at the 2016 International Trumpet Guild Conference on June 2, 2016 in Anaheim, California, as well as the University of Tennessee and Tennessee Tech in October 2016. Enjoy! I. Trumpet History Overview Trumpet History Timeline on Stan Curtis’s blog, Trumpet Journey Sea Shell trumpets at
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When Joseph Jean-Baptiste Laurent Arban (1825-1889) wrote his Complete Conservatory Method for Cornet in 1864, I wonder if he knew that it would go on to become the world’s most influential work of brass pedagogy. Over the years I have accumulated several different editions of and excerpts from what is affectionately known as “The Trumpet Bible.” And
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It’s been two years since I have been able to contribute to this blog, but I’ve had a good excuse: I published two books, about which I’ll write more soon. In the meantime, here are all of the videos from a concert presented by Newberry’s Victorian Cornet Band on July 12, 2014 after we recorded our
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In working on the final manuscript for A Dictionary for the Modern Trumpet Player (Scarecrow Press), I came across some terrific YouTube videos of the great Rafael Mendez that I wanted to capture here and share in an organized format. The big find is the complete film (in four parts) that Mendez made for the
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It’s Thanksgiving Weekend and I’m thankful for a terrific new trumpet blog by my brilliant colleague, Stanley Curtis (www.trumpetjourney.com). In addition to serving as a trumpeter in the U.S. Navy Band in Washington, D.C., Stan is gifted performer on both the natural trumpet and the cornetto as well as the modern Baroque trumpet with vent
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It’s been over a year since my last blog post, so I thought it was high time that I wrote something new here. What have I been doing all of this time? Well, I’m currently on sabbatical leave during the fall semester to finish two book projects. The first one is Fanfares and Finesse: A
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I had a great time this week performing a faculty recital at Goucher College with my colleague, the wonderful pianist Lisa Weiss, and trumpeter Brent Flinchbaugh who studied with me when he was in high school and whom I’m now proud to call a colleague. The program featured Brent performing the Hindemith Trumpet Sonata and
Although the Vintage Band Festival ended just over a week ago, I was happy to receive my new band coat when it finally arrived today (via FedEx). There was a misunderstanding with the tailor that caused the delay, apparently. It’s a shame, but at least I’ll look good for the next Newberry Band tour. While
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