Year: 2012

This month I wax poetic about our debt as trombone players, and all brass players as well, to Richard Wagner for realizing the potential that brass instruments and trombones in Continue Reading →

The last 2 months I’ve focused on trombone audition strategies, so this month I thought I would talk about the same topic for the trumpet, as I understand we have Continue Reading →

Here’s more thoughts on excerpts asked at tenor trombone auditions. First, lets take the solo from the Russian Easter Overture. This is an excerpt that can score big points on Continue Reading →

I was watching the US open golf tournament last week and they kept talking about when to be aggressive and when not to. It was a difficult course so a Continue Reading →

I want to resurrect my idea put forth many years ago about an ITF that presented examples of every school of the playing before the world became a giant melting Continue Reading →