Sexism-Is it Still Present in the Trumpet World?

There is little doubt that sexism has existed in the trumpet world since the beginning. Just as racism and women’s equality in the work force have been a long hard battle, so has the female’s acceptance into the male dominated field of trumpet playing. With that said I will try to establish the history and background of this inequality and hopefully help the cause for its correction. How it began At the turn of the century (not this one, the previous one) it was the policy to have a piano in the home upon which the young ladies were expected…