Trumpet Journey

Author: Stanley

  • Keyed Trumpet Lecture Recital at 2024 ITG Conference

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    This Thursday (May 30, 2024), I will get to present a lecture recital program at the 2024 International Trumpet Guild Conference. Robert Apple, an American music historian specializing in the keyed trumpet repertoire and history, will give lecture notes throughout the recital. Tim Burns, a piano colleague of mine at Colorado State University, will collaborate…

  • New, authentic horizons

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    I recently rolled off being president of the Historic Brass Society. This was a wonderful, demanding position that I essentially did for three years. Two years officially as president and one year before that as vice president. This was also a time when I was finalizing my portfolio for promotion and tenure as an applied…

  • The accidental trumpet tourist’s first aid: improvised polish

    The accidental trumpet tourist’s first aid: improvised polish

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    Last night I arrived in San Antonio, Texas. I’m here for the 2022 International Trumpet Guild Conference this week. I’m so excited–so much that I thought it would be good to get back into blogging and sharing that excitement! I had a long list of things to pack yesterday–flugelhorn for my ITG New Works recital…

  • Do what you love quotes

    Do what you love quotes

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    I remember when I was five that I would wait on the steps of a neighbor that taught piano. When she came out, I asked her if I could take lessons. Eventually, she worked it out with my mom, and I got piano lessons. Even at that young age, I really wanted to be a…

  • Against all odds––quotes

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    When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t. ––– Thomas Edison Listen without prejudice. ––– George Michael No, she need not come to the audition, as the Maestro will not hear her––much less hire her––no matter how well she plays. ––– Personnel manager for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra after hearing recommendation for…

  • Quotes about immersion

    Quotes about immersion

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    And it has become a kind of a truism in the study of creativity that you can’t be creating anything with less than 10 years of technical knowledge immersion in a particular field. ––– Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, researcher in happiness, creativity and “flow” Lengthy immersion in the works of other composers can tire. The music of…