Trumpet Matters

What do each of these have in common? Bowlers, pitchers, batters, swimmers, golfers, tennis players, quarterbacks, soccer players, car drive...

I recall the many concerts I attended when I expected to hear great trumpet playing. I paid for the ticket and was never disappointed. The a...

Your music stand is probably loaded with assignments, etudes, solos, excerpts, technique, etc. It all stares back at you daily and scolds yo...

Trumpet soloist, clinician, teacher, and long time colleague Vince DiMartino, from Centre College in Kentucky, went non-stop at CCM for over...

Leave it to the horn players to multi-task! Jay Wadenpfuhl, third hornist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra visited CCM today and shared his ...

Checklist: nice sound, clean articulation, agreeable intonation, dynamic contrasts, good phrasing, etc. Everything's O.K. All of these b...

Great musicianship works anywhere, in the recording studio, in the orchestra, in jazz settings, chamber music, wherever. Any seasoned mature...

Rarely does the second trumpet player get enough well-deserved limelight! It is sad to say but true. Part of that job, as demonstrated today...

Word came the other day of a very fine trumpet player currently making a name for himself in a prestigious orchestra. He is a top player, we...

Thomas Schippers was conducting the first rehearsal of the CSO's new season. A full orchestra transcription of Clementi's 4th sympho...

A large package arrived yesterday full of programs of concert schedules, special recitals attended, visiting artists, the complete Carnegie ...

Alison Balsom put on a clinic today at the rehearsal for this weekend's CSO concerts, a clinic of clear attacks, soft entrances and fine...

There was a final comment made by guest artist Charlie Vernon the other day at CCM that almost got by us as the hour was up and some headed ...

Tornado season struck Cincinnati today! Bass trombonist Charlie Vernon of the Chicago Symphony picked up his alto, tenor, and bass trombone ...

Busy with classes, busy with rehearsals, assignments, papers, research projects, boards, recital deadlines, lesson agendas! The treadmill ge...

One needed paper and pencil to capture all that Joe Burgstaller presented in his outstanding masterclass the other day at UC. Just one of th...

It was one of those long grueling slug fest weeks of 24/7 pops. Doc Severinsen was the soloist for one those marathon Telarc recording wee...

Several students had just played some solos for Mark Ridenaur during his master class. Pretty nicely done! Always hard to play cold, but wel...

Excellent master class yesterday given by Mark Ridenaur , associate principal trumpet with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra! He was asked a gr...

One of the amazing things to me about great players is the apparent ease of their playing! They just look good. Today I asked a friend to te...