Category: Review
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Slurs in real music
I’ve been getting ready for a recital–but in this pandemic, it will not be a live recital. Just video-recorded. Nevertheless, I have to prepare. Here is a video clip of me working on the first movement of J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 (arranged by Ralph Sauer and now conveniently in concert B-flat!). From a trumpet…
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The best consolation–music of Adolphus Hailstork
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and this great man said, “Music is the best consolation for a despaired man.” There are not many African-American classical composers. And of those who wrote for the trumpet, very few. I am familiar with the great Ulysses Kay, who wrote Tromba for trumpet and piano and Three Fanfares…
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Rudd’s “Side by Side:” keystone habits
I recently read about keystone habits in Wiff Rudd’s wonderful new self-published book, Side by Side: Building and Sustaining an Effective Community in the Music Studio. Wiff, trumpet professor at Baylor University, is a voracious reader, referring to many inspiring books throughout. One of them is The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, and from…
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Book review: Koehler’s Dictionary
Author Elisa Koehler is now the chair of the Department of Music at Winthrop University. She is a great trumpeter and writer about the trumpet. When she was at Goucher College, she came out with several books including A Dictionary for the Modern Trumpet Player, published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2015. You can find…
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Great American sounds: Colorado Symphony
This weekend, I played extra with the Colorado Symphony, a great orchestra based in Denver, Colorado. Conducted by Brett Mitchell, the program was Duke Ellington’s Three Black Kings, George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto, and John Adam’s City Noir. The orchestra sounded marvelous, and it was nice to play in the trumpet section with Patrick Tillery (Associate…
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Music review: J.F. Madeuf, Musica Fiorita playing Molter
Yesterday, I wrote about the power of music review. Today, I am writing a review about some powerful music: Jean François Madeuf’s new album featuring music by Johann Melchior Molter. James Miller has already written an excellent review for the Historic Brass Society Journal. This new recording is a wonderful addition to the growing audio…