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Thank you to fellow WordPress blogger Erik Semmel for letting me know about his organization, the Southington Brass, some time ago on this blog. Based in Southington, CT, the Southington Brass is calling on trumpet players worldwide to join them … Continue reading →

Greetings trumpet ensemble blog followers! I have launched a new blog on trumpet pedagogy: thetrumpetpedagogyblog.wordpress.com. I would really love to hear your thoughts on it and hope it proves to be a handy resource for a trumpet players worldwide!

This dissertation from Ohio State University by Jonathan Bosarge looks to be extremely interesting, discussing the pedagogical value of college students playing in trumpet ensembles. I am really looking forward to giving it a read! https://etd.ohiolink.edu/ap:10:0::NO:10:P10_ACCESSION_NUM:osu1274358906

Greetings all! Sorry – I’ve been away for so long! I will be performing this summer as part of the Michigan State University Trumpet Ensemble at the 2012 International Trumpet Guild conference. It should be an interesting show with lots … Continue reading →

Earlier in the semester, I mentioned that Henri Tomasi wrote a Suite for Three Trumpets. This piece has been newly recorded on a new album by French trumpeter Erik Au Bier, famous for being the first player to record Chayes’ … Continue reading →

Some of the nation’s top military bands are now forming trumpet ensembles, including the “Pershing’s Own” band of the United States Army. The ensemble was featured at the 2010 International Trumpet Guild conference in Sydney, Australia, and they have premiered … Continue reading →

My thoughts on Smith’s ideas about instrumentation is that the brass ensemble of Ewald’s day and the instruments themselves probably did not look too different than all of ours. We have to look at the traditions out of which brass … Continue reading →

As far as rotary vs. piston valves, there is indeed a slight difference in tone color where trumpets are concerned, but it seems still unlikely to me that Ewald and most composers for brass would write with an ultra-specific ensemble … Continue reading →