Category: Cornetto
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Improvising on cornetto with Harmonious Blacksmith
In 2012, the early baroque chamber group, Harmonious Blacksmith, planned a concert at my church in Arlington, Virginia. I knew the leader and harpsichordist of the group, Joe Gascho, so I asked if I could play a piece with them on their concert. He said yes. I got a chance to play the somewhat virtuosic…
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Interviewing cornetto great, Bruce Dickey
Last Friday, I had the big honor to interview Bruce Dickey, famed American cornettist living in Italy. The interview was recorded for the Historic Brass Society. We talked about his career and his ideas on playing the cornetto (especially how it relates to vocal style). The original “Zoom” meeting was attended by approximately 40 interested…
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More memories from 2005
In addition to hosting the second Historic Division, I had a number of other interesting projects in 2005. One was a tour with the Navy Band to the Southeast. My old teach, Bernard Adelstein, and his wife, Connie, came to our Sarasota concert. I also remember rolling into our hotel in Daytona. There was an…
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Getting better at writing
In the period of 2003-2005, I began writing and presenting more. In 2004, I wrote an article for the Historic Brass Society Newsletter, interviewing Dr. Robert Hazen. Bob is the lead scientist at the Carnegie Institution’s Geophysical Laboratory and a distinguished professor at George Mason University. He has written hundreds of articles and books and is…
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My own journey: learning at the Sweelinck Conservatorium
At the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam, my primary course was baroque trumpet with Friedemann Immer. But I also took modern trumpet lessons from Concertgebouw Orchestra principal trumpeter, Peter Masseurs. He was a very good teacher, advocating for a lot of declamatory expression in trumpet solos like the Arutunian Concerto. The second-most important course I took…
