Click Below.. Do I have your attention? How about this one…… And don’t forget the Jazzers….. Doesn’t it make you want to hang it up? These kids are hitting notes I have only dreamed of. My encounter with one so gifted….. I began performing on my first Cornet when…
These posts are written by: Bruce Chidester
Trumpet High Range Development
One of the most sought-after areas for trumpet playing is the secret to playing high notes with ease. The ability to perform in the altissimo register has been a challenge from the beginning of time. Screech trumpet players today are placed on a more elevated level than those with advanced…
THE 2024-2025 KING’S BRASS AUDITIONS
If you have not heard this talented brass ensemble, where have you been for the past 50 years? This is the ensemble that got me started thinking of trumpet ensembles. Tim Zimmerman was the first person who inspired me to pursue an active interest in trumpet ensemble music. The Kings…
Free- 40 Etudes for Trumpet by Wilhelm Wurm (Repost from 2013)
Seldom are we able to offer free material of this quality to our readers. This collection of 40 studies is available at the site listed below and is in public domain which means its content can be freely distributed without any infringement in copy rite laws. I have used this…
How to Teach for 30 Years and Still Retain Your Sanity- Example #3
This morning was spent recalling incidents while teaching at the University of Northern Iowa where I was employed from 1969 until taking early retirement in the year 2000. Some memories stand out as positive moments and others as less than productive circumstances. It is the purpose in this document to…
How to Teach for 30 Years and Still Retain Your Sanity- Example #2
This morning was spent recalling incidents while teaching at the University of Northern Iowa where I was employed from 1969 until taking early retirement in the year 2000. Some memories stand out as positive moments and others as less than productive circumstances. It is the purpose in this document to…
How to Teach for 30 Years and Still Retain Your Sanity- Example #1
Today I realized that I have almost been retired as long as I had been employed. How time flies when you’re getting old (older). This morning was spent recalling incidents while teaching at the University of Northern Iowa where I was employed from 1969 until taking early retirement in the…
Old Horns and Former Girl Friends (Reposted from 2012)
When it is 4:00 AM and you can’t get back to sleep, what do you do? As I lay in bed, thoughts of the past day, political debates, and discomfort from the last piece of pizza run through my head until I had to do something a little more productive…
10% Discount on all orders over $49.99 of Christmas music now through December.
What a Deal! Now would be a great time to stock up on your music library of Christmas music. Check out our extensive library of Christmas arrangement/transcriptions and original material and take off 10% as a gift to all our supporters and fiends of trumpetensemblemusic.com. Here are the numbers- 90…
Free Trumpet- Trombone Duets
Free Duets Although these are very dated songs, the price is very reasonable. This would be a very nice collection of songs for practicing your sight reading.