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Stanley Friedman: “Most Technical/Physical Issues Can Be Solved by Focusing on the Music Itself”

Today we have the honor of interviewing a celebrity trumpeter, composer and director, Stanley Friedman, who also shares a preview of his soon to be published book with members of Trumpet Magazine — the book is called “Symmetrical Studies” (exercises and warm-ups designed to increase the register, maintain constant airflow and centering notes). Thank you, Stanley!

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Kyle Millsap: “We Must All Hear the Notes/Music We Intend to Play Before It Can Come Out of the Instrument”

In this new interview we have Kyle Millsap, Assistant Professor of Trumpet and Jazz at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (USA). Prof. Millsap was willing to share his grand pedagogical experience, as well as an extremely interesting exercise, in PDF format, to help center pitches.

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Mary Bowden: “If You Can Sing a Piece With the Correct Pitches, It Will Be So Much Easier on the Trumpet”

The trumpeter that we have the pleasure of interviewing today is a young woman of 35 years, who knows how to form her own career as a concert artist, even after the demanding work with several groups that she has also founded (Seraph Brass and Chrysalis Chamber Players), and teaching as an artist in residence at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (USA). Even more, she is a professor in Trumpet Magazine! Don’t miss out of the PDF exercises that she shares with our members, for free.

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TJ Perry: “Focusing on the Cause of the Mistakes Instead of Focusing on the Fact That They Happened Leads to Rapid Improvement”

In this episode we have Dr. TJ Perry, who, from 2016, is the assistant professor of Trumpet at the Arkansas Tech University. This is an interview that you should not miss due to all the information he shares with us. And we also have a very interesting PDF of exercises for our subscribers!

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Allen Vizzutti: “If Correct Fundamentals of Relaxed Breathing and Sound Are Not Well Established, Your Practice Will Not Yield the Expected Results”

We have the immense honor to interview one of the most celebrated trumpet artists in the world, an authentic trumpet legend. It’s incredible what we can learn from each and every one of his words.

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Peyden James Shelton: “The Student Will Not Have Access to the Teacher Forever, So the Teacher Should Ultimately Teach His Students to Teach Themselves”

In the second installment, we have the recently appointed assistant professor of trumpet at the University of Utah, Peyden James Shelton, who, despite his youth, is starting a brilliant career. His interview is very broad, and he has been very generous with the PDF exercises he has agreed to share.

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