2 new CDs for sale!
Hi everyone,
I have 2 new CDs for sale in my shop.
Please check them out.
3 American Concertos isn't exactly "new" it's just that I haven't put it up for sale on this site till now. I had an idea that it would be a good thing to record some concertos but with the piano reduction instead of the orchestra setting for which they were originally composed. I feel there are a lot of great…
Musician Etiquette
Doing a quick search for "Musician Etiquette" will bring up dozens of hits like this one. I've read through a bunch of them and they all share good common sense advice. So, I thought I might as well post a set of etiquette ideas on this site as well. Hopefully, you have heard these suggestions before, either through your band director or private teacher. Hopefully, you haven't learned some of…
Carnival of Venice
One of the most enjoyable things I get to do as a musician is perform with the Isthmus Brass. It consists of ten brass players from around Wisconsin, founded by Mike Forbes and directed by John Stevens. (We have a CD out that can be found on the IB website.) We recently gave a concert in Green Bay, where my parents live, and I decided to do an arrangement of "The Carnival of Venice" for my…
A review of “Petite Monde”
Recently, I decided to reprint my first solo jazz CD. My daughter Skye, redid the layout and packaging giving it a much needed fresh look. I also came across a Wisconsin State Journal review of that CD. Lots have changed since then as 2003 was a lifetime ago, but I am still humbled by Kevin Lynch's kind words.
Wisconsin State Journal :: RHYTHM :: 19
Thursday, June 26, 2003
Kevin Lynch…
A review of “The Journey”
Hi Everyone,
A little while ago a writer-friend Kevin Lynch, did a review/article about my jazz CD "The Journey".
The Journey: A Deathly Odyssey Teaches David Cooper about Music and Life.
For virtuoso trumpeter David Cooper, the horn of plenty almost ran dry. Death Valley dry.
You know the cliché about art imitating life. What’s more significant is how music can sometimes embody life…
InDIGenous Jazz Series Concert
Hello Friends,
I hope that you all know that I rarely promote musical events with which I am involved. However, I would like to make an exception and let you know about a very special concert for me on October 9, at 7:30pm at the newly renovated Fredric March Play Circle in the UW-Madison Memorial Union.
This concert will be kicking off a brand new concert series for Madison, called the…
New Jazz CD – The Journey
Hi everyone,
I am very happy to announce the release of my new jazz CD, "The Journey". I recorded this with my good friends, Johannes Wallmann, Mark Urness and Ernie Adams this summer (2014). I was diagnosed with cancer a few months earlier and decided recording a quartet jazz album was one of my life's bucket list things so I set to work composing the tunes for the project. Most of the…
Marvin Stamm
Like most of us, it seems like I have heard the name Marvin Stamm for as long as I've played trumpet. I'd heard about the Kenton years and the fantastic recording years and had seen his name advertised at ITG conferences for years. So, at the Columbus, GA ITG conference, I saw that he had a recital with a trio and decided to go. That particular conference I had a bunch of my students with me…
Site Update News
For those of you that frequent this site, you are obviously aware it has recently undergone a complete makeover. My web designer does a fantastic job and if anyone is interested in hiring him, please contact me and I'll put you in touch.
Aside from the look and format, I have merged DavidCooperMusic with AllThingsTrumpet and since deleted DavidCooperMusic. Basically the only thing that other…
Thank you, Fred.
I wrote a post a while back called "A Musical Remembrance", where I talked about a couple key musical moments that happened in my life that were profound for me. A similar topic I would like to share with you is that of memorable mentors. I have encountered a number of teachers and conductors in my life; people of authority whose position it is to impart wisdom of some sort. In my life, of all…