Luigi Fontana wrote a etude book called “12 Studies for clarinet” and I edited 3 of them for trumpet. click here for the sheet music…
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Yesterday I visited Hub van Laar to say hello and see what’s new in his shop. I had a concert in Maastricht with the Jazzorchestra of…
Yesterday I was shooting some pictures at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. They have a week full of masterclasses this week, so enough subjects to photograph. Here a…
Another 4 Studies composed by Georg Kopprasch in various keys.
Georg Kopprasch (c. 1800 – c. 1850) was a German composer and horn player primarily known for his second set of sixty horn studies (op. 6), currently used…
11 Staccato Studies (transposed in 9 keys) by Clemente Salviani, originally written for oboe (“Studi per Oboe Vol. IV”), but I adapted them for trumpet. N.B.…
I uploaded 3 solo transcriptions played by Clifford Brown to YouTube. Play along or just listen and read along.
Here are 15 single tonguing exercises I wrote for practicing single tonguing. I think it’s best to practice them with a metronome in a comfortable…
Here an updated transcription of “Confirmation” as played by the great Clifford Brown.
I found some interesting exercises in the Grand Method by Louis A. Saint-Jacome and transposed them in 3 keys.
Yesterday I had a brief (unexpected) encounter with this magnificent bird. This White-tailed Eagle is probably a few years old because it didn’t have a white…
Brandon Ritenour has made some great recordings and posted them on Youtube, here he plays a great arrangement of Debussy’s “The Girl with the Flaxen…