Drift: Live From Harper

This recording is from a concert I gave in February of 2020, at Lawrence University in Harper Hall. Joining me are: Matt Turner - cello & piano, Tim Albright - trombone, Mark Urness - bass, Dane Richeson - drums. There are video clips from this concert on my Youtube pages here and here Prelude no. 2 http://allthingstrumpet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/05-Prelude-No.-2.wav…

Pietzsch 12

This Etude #12 exposes flaws in your fundamentals and intonation like very few etudes I've ever seen!  And, if you can get to the last couple measures, they are super painful after everything you've been through throughout the etude.  This is a great one to have your tuner on in such a way you can see it while playing. note: the last measure of the third line page 2 I think should be an A…

Pietzsch 11

Pietzsch #11 features some close-interval slurring in the mid to upper register which makes this one especially tiring!  The top of page 2 gave me some trouble with fingerings in the low register.  I probably should have worked on this one more before recording it because I think overall it should be faster and smoother.  Good Luck!  …

Pietzsch 10

Pietzsch #10 is a nice one.  It has some broad playing, orchestral dotted eighth-sixteenths, close-interval slurs and double-tonguing.  A little something for everyone!  In areas of lower register there are some nasty cross fingerings so start those areas slowly.  The transitions from slurring sixteenths to double-tonguing is tricky.  Work over the break of those transitions.  It's easy to stop…

Pietzsch 9

Really only one thing to say about #9 - Double Tonguing.  Well ok, I guess that's two things... http://allthingstrumpet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pietzsch-9.mp3  

Online Teaching

Hi everyone, I am setting up lessons on these two wonderful sites: If you are interested in studying with me, find my profile by clicking on one of these site logos or contact me directly. Topics taught include: Trumpet fundamentals Jazz improvisation Solo Ensemble preparation Orchestral literature (excerpts) Contemporary classical repertoire College audition…

Hindemith Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

Title Sonata for Trumpet and Piano op. 137 (1939) Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Biographical Info The sonata opens with the trumpet proclaiming a sturdy theme over piano figuration to the performance direction mit Kraft (with strength). Two more ideas are presented, with the movement’s eventual form set out in the neatly symmetrical arrangement of A-B-C-A-C-B-A. The second movement has a…

Enescu – Legende

Title Legende (1906) George Enescu (1881-1955) Biographical Info Pablo Casals described Enescu as "the greatest musical phenomenon since Mozart" and "one of the greatest geniuses of modern music". Queen Marie of Romania wrote in her memoirs that "in George Enescu was real gold".Yehudi Menuhin, Enescu's most famous pupil, once said about his teacher: "He will remain for me the absoluteness…

Buechner – Suite for Solo Trumpet

Title Suite for Solo Trumpet Zachary Buechner (b. 1995) Biographical Info This Suite was conceived as much out of boredom as well as it was a desire to help expand the repertoire of solo trumpet music. Most of the music was written during my final semester at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville while waiting for my laundry to finish whatever wash or dry cycle it was on, hence the…

Tom Harrell

As most of you are aware I'm a huge Tom Harrell fan.  (Need proof, check out my shop.)  I've had the opportunity to see him perform live about a dozen times and last night at the Jazz Estate in Milwaukee, I got to see him again in a quartet setting.  The quartet didn't have the opportunity to rehearse so the rep for the set I saw was standards.  I have to say this was some amazing trumpet…