“The Most Important Thing as a Trumpet Player Is That We’re Able to Be Adaptable to Our Current Environment”
In this interview, we have Louis Dowdeswell—an amazing musician whose career spans multiple genres.
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Elevate Your Thinking to Elevate Your Playing
In this article, I provide suggestions for how brass players can improve their playing by developing their imagination. I present practical examples of how I have developed my own imagination and how I have helped students develop theirs in order to improve their performance. These examples include methods for clarifying ...
Matthew Simon, Professor in the Trumpet Magazine School, Is on Tour With Roberto Fonseca
Roberto Fonseca is the Cuban pianist who made his name playing along side with Ibrahim Ferrer and the legendary Buena Vista Social Club Band and is now marveling his audiences with his new solo act. His earlier work, YO, was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Latin ...
“Even the Most Technical Exercise Should Have Some Sense of Musicality”
The interviewee we have today in Trumpet Magazine is a young Colombian professor who studied in the United States and through intense musical study has obtained a doctorate and the position of assistant professor of Trumpet and director of the Mariachi Program at Texas A&M International University. A very interesting ...
“It’s Not the Best Player Who Wins a Job, It’s the Best Prepared Player”
Today, we are interviewing one of the most relevant trumpeters in the Chicago area, who also happens to be a great person: Bill Denton. He studied with James Thompson and with Dave Hickman, among others; he has performed in the US Army Field Band and with other entities before winning ...
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The Effects of Using the Cheek Muscles vs the Chin Muscles When Playing
It is widely accepted that the smile embouchure causes problems when playing. Most non professional players use the Zygomaticus Major, Buccinator and Risorius muscles of the cheek. Those muscles are used in making us smile. Some teachers use musical exercises called Buccinator Drills. That implies that those muscles should be used ...
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Meet José Sibaja
We all know who José Sibaja is. He’s a trumpeter (Yamaha artist) that we have heard a million times on recordings and tours by some of the most known salsa and pop artists, but also with orchestras and his famous brass quintet, Boston Brass. And today we have the honor to know him a little more. Don’t miss it!
Meet José Sibaja
We all know who José Sibaja is. He’s a trumpeter (Yamaha artist) that we have heard a million times on recordings and tours by some of the most known salsa and pop artists, but also with orchestras and his famous brass quintet, Boston Brass. And today we have the honor ...
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ACADEMICS
The Maspalomas International Trumpet Festival Has a Competition for the Second Time
For the second time in its history, the Maspalomas Festival (one of the most important in Europe for trumpet) announces an International Trumpet Competition, aimed at trumpeters under 35 years old.