“I Took Lessons With as Many Different Teachers as Possible and Often With Teachers of Different Instruments”
Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Charles Lazarus, a member of the Minnesota Orchestra since the year 2000, and also an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota and a Yamaha Artist.
“We Need to Enrich Ourselves Culturally as Much as Possible to Be Able to Convey Emotion in Our Performance”
Continuing with our âEuropean tourâ of interviews, today we have a universal Frenchman who already has more than a 50 year career, publishing 125 albums and performed more than 5,000 concerts. With him, there are plenty of presentations and we all know him. Ladies and gentlemen: Guy Touvron.
“Students Need to Be Listening to Great Trumpet Playing a Lot. Then Copying. Recording Themselves. Work at Tone Production”
We are interviewing the Assistant Professor of Trumpet at University of Central Florida. Donât miss the experience that he imparts and his advice on working articulation with Clarke studies.
“All Music We Play Makes Us Better, Even If It’s a Different and Opposite Genre”
Today in Trumpet Magazine, we have one of the most well-known Italian trumpet players on the international stage. He has played with Maynard Fergusonâs Big Bop Nouveau Band, but heâs also performed alongside artists like Pavarotti, George Michael, Tom Jones, Michael BublĂ©, and Gloria Gaynor. He is also a Yamaha artist and has offered a quit broad interview. Thanks, Andrea!
“Nothing Is Handed to You. You Have to Earn It and Go Get It”
Today we have an interview with Jason Bergman, who teaches today at Brigham Young University, a place he graduated from and studied with David Brown, and also a place he considers to be among âthe most beautiful in the US.â Read what he shares!
“If One Needs Too Much Time to Warm Up, It Usually Means That Something Is Wrong”
This interview will be the first in a series of interviews with famous European soloists, and weâll begin with the great Manu Mellaerts, principal of La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, professor at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels and leader of Belgian Brass, apart from being a Yamaha artist and a professor in Trumpet Magazine School! You canât miss all the knowledge Manu shares with us here!
“If You Play the Trumpet Well, Then You Are Free to Make Music. If You Run Into Problems Playing Music, Then Thereâs Something to Address in Technical Practice”
Our interviewee today has studied with some of the best such as Mel Broiles, Barbara Butler, and Gil Johnson. He played in the Jazz Ambassadors of the US Army Band, and left during his Masters to go on the road with Maynard Ferguson, playing lead. His names is Joey Tartell, and his currently teaching at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN, USA. Look at what Joey has to say and the exercise he shares with us!
“A Focus on Good Sound, Versatility, Transposition and Sight Reading Comprise a Large Majority of Our Work Together”
Today we have Kevin Gebo, trumpeter of the United States Army Band âPershing's Own,â for more than 10 years. Kevin has been a laureate in various competitions â he even participated as a trumpet soloist on the recording of âSongs of Innocence and of Experienceâ by William Bolcom (winner of four Grammys in 2006) â and since 2017, he shares all his knowledge as an adjunct professor at George Mason University. Kevin is someone you just have to meet!
“Students Need to Commit to Being a Serious Musician. There Are Too Many Mediocre Players Out There. We Donât Need Any More!”
Today we have Larry Powell, a former student of Vince DiMartino from Kentucky, as well as a former student of Marvin Perry, Dan Gosling, and George Weimer. From 2007, he is the adjunct professor of Trumpet at the Universality of Indianapolis. Moreover, he plays principal trumpet in none other than four orchestras! If you want to know more about Cichowicz and flow exercises, this is your manâŠ
“We Can Learn All the Hip Music There Is in the World, but If We Donât Have the Technique to Express and Execute, Itâs a Waste”
Today we have the pleasure of publishing an interview with Jim Rotondi, renowned North American jazz trumpeter, educator, and director. After 20 years in New York City and working with an incredible number of different artists like Ray Charles or Lionel Hampton, Jim is now living in Graz (Austria), where he is teaching at the university. Donât miss this interview with Jim and the exercise he shares with us!
“The Time-Honored Methods of Cichowicz, Clarke, Arban, Saint-Jacome, Etc., Are the Building Block of Successful Technique and Musicianship Based on Practicality”
Today we have an interview with Stephen Campbell, a trumpeter who formed his playing in his home state of Texas before going to Cincinnati, studying with Alan Siebert, Philip Collins, and Marie Speziale. Actually, he is the principal trumpet of the Lexington Philharmonic in Kentucky, USA and assistant professor at Ball State University. Would you like to know how manner of practicing? Well come on, look at what he tells us!
“Only Practice When You Can Be Productive; If You Canât Get Yourself Into a Receptive, Productive State of Mind, You Should Stop and Try Again After a Break”
Today, we have an interview with Rex Richardson, a Yamaha artist and one of the most eclectic trumpeters today, who just released a recording of original compositions by Allen Vizzutti, Anthony Plog, Andy Scott, and James Stephenson. Donât miss this interview with one of our own professors here at Trumpet Magazine School!
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