Category: Trumpet in Academia
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Figuring out my trumpet career in college
After deciding to study music, I went to college as a trumpet performance major. I enjoyed being a student at the University of Alabama (Roll Tide!!). My teacher, Mike Johnson, was quite an individual. He had a great studio at the time and somehow inspired us to play great. I cannot say exactly HOW he…
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A second interview with Elisa Koehler, tireless researcher of the trumpet
Known for her versatility and probing musicianship, Elisa Koehler is a trumpeter, conductor, and author with professional experience as both a soloist and an ensemble musician. Currently Chair of the Music Department and Professor of Music at Winthrop University, she was previously Professor of Music and the Director of the Center for Dance, Music, and…
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Trumpet Recital in the Age of COVID
Yesterday evening I drove over to my school–Colorado State–in my suit. I haven’t worn a suit in a long time. It took 45 minutes to pick out the right combination of shirt and tie and my wife’s help to get ready. I had cleaned my B-flat, oiled the valves, packed my iPad, page-turning foot pedal,…
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Zoom clinicians
Since the global COVID-19 pandemic hit us in 2020, trumpet teachers have shifted almost exclusively to virtual lessons and clinics. This has had the negative effect of not being able to listen directly to students’ tones (and, of course, students’ audio equipment and the fickle sound quality of Zoom has not helped). But a great…
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Academic teaching goals
I am a tenure-track teacher at Colorado State University. That does not mean that I have tenure, but that I am “on track” to get tenure (and a promotion) in a few years. At regular intervals, I have to submit materials about all the things I have done in order to show the “promotion and…