Category: Trumpet Literature
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Duets for trumpet
Continuing a series of blogs that I started a few weeks ago, today, I’d like to explore some trumpet duets intended for performance. Just two trumpets playing without accompaniment. For the purposes of this blog, I will exclude duet books like those by Clodomir, Paudert, Pietzsch and Sachse (not that we can’t perform these duets!).…
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Interview with MSU Trumpet Professor, Justin Emerich
A nationally renowned trumpeter and teacher with extensive national and international performing experience, Justin Emerich is associate professor of trumpet at the MSU College of Music. Emerich’s orchestral experience includes serving as acting associate principal trumpet of the San Francisco Symphony, as well as performing with the St Louis Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra,…
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A remembrance of Sammy Nestico
A couple of days ago, world-renowned arranger, Sammy Nestico, died. I will alway cherish memories of high school and college jazz band, learning to play his charts–especially “Basie, Straight Ahead.” As a college trumpet teacher teaching a wide range of trumpet interests in my studio, I will occasionally get out the “Basie-Nestico” lead trumpet book…
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Trumpet Books: An Autobiography From Herbert L. Clarke
Trumpeters and cornetist all over the world usually know a little about Herbert L. Clarke, but what a lot of us may not know is that he wrote a marvelous memoire, How I Became a Cornetist. You can buy this fairly short and easy to read book from various retailers or you can get a…
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What Books are in your Gig Bag?
It’s a long rehearsal of Bach’s B-minor Mass, or some bel-canto opera, and you have about a thousand minutes of rest (so it seems). The smart trumpeter will have reading material at hand to pass the time, and perhaps increase his or her professional knowledge by reading about the trumpet or about the life of a trumpeter.…