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Griffin Campbell: “A Successful Performance Doesn’t Make Me a Good Person, and an Unsuccessful One Doesn’t Make Me Bad”

We get to meet Griffin Campbell this time around, whose long career has centered around being a performer and an academic within the USA in addition to visiting other countries. Instead of imposing on his students all the knowledge he has accumulated, he prefers to help them reflect to form their criteria.

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Stephen Campbell: “The Time-Honored Methods of Cichowicz, Clarke, Arban, Saint-Jacome, Etc., Are the Building Block of Successful Technique and Musicianship Based on Practicality”

Today we have an interview with Stephen Campbell, a trumpeter who formed his playing in his home state of Texas before going to Cincinnati, studying with Alan Siebert, Philip Collins, and Marie Speziale. Actually, he is the principal trumpet of the Lexington Philharmonic in Kentucky, USA and assistant professor at Ball State University. Would you like to know how manner of practicing? Well come on, look at what he tells us!

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Rex Richardson: “Only Practice When You Can Be Productive; If You Can’t Get Yourself Into a Receptive, Productive State of Mind, You Should Stop and Try Again After a Break”

Today, we have an interview with Rex Richardson, a Yamaha artist and one of the most eclectic trumpeters today, who just released a recording of original compositions by Allen Vizzutti, Anthony Plog, Andy Scott, and James Stephenson. Don’t miss this interview with one of our own professors here at Trumpet Magazine School!

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