Category: Trumpet in Academia
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New, authentic horizons
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…
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2021 CSU Trumpet Day in the bag
I had a fantastic time hosting the 2021 CSU Trumpet Day last Saturday. It was on Zoom, but I did not stream on Facebook–so, I thought that the best way to remember the day was to blog about it. We had Edward Carroll, Christopher Smith and José Chafer as guests. I began the workshop by…
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Chairing the NTC Historic Division
Around 2003 and 2004, I became much more oriented to participating in academia while I was in the U.S. Navy Band. In 2003, I was invited as a finalist for a teaching position at the University of North Texas, a position which I didn’t win, but the process gave me a lot of great insight…
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Interview with University of Kentucky trumpet professor, Jason Dovel
Jason Dovel enjoys a busy schedule as a soloist and clinician, having appeared at more than 70 universities and festivals in the United States and abroad, most recently performing at the São Paulo Trumpet Academy (Brazil), Australasian Trumpet Academy (Australia), International Brass Course of Thessaloniki (Greece), Historic Brass Society International Conference, and International Trumpet Guild Conference.…
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Onward into doctoral work
I had left Cleveland to come study at Indiana University (IU) as Bernie Adelstein’s Teaching Assistant. As I mentioned yesterday, one of the big reasons for starting my doctoral studies in Trumpet Performance was the fact that I didn’t have any other prospects at the time. To me, IU was a time to wait and…
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My own trumpet journey continues into graduate school
With this article, I am continuing the story of how I became a trumpet player. I eventually graduated from the University of Alabama School of Music and wanted to go to graduate school. Nothing against the University of Alabama, but it felt provincial to me, and I needed to “go big.” I needed to GO…