Earlier, I posted an article describing a fantastic brass quartet which I introduced as “Possibly The Best Quartet- Period”. Photo taken by Sasha Arutyunova After posting my material, I was lucky enough to get in contact with this ensemble and they agreed to answer a few questions I had about their group. Here are my questions and their responses- How did you all get together? We all grew up in Seattle, Washington playing music in the public school system. ​Seattle has an incredibly ecosystem and history of music education and we were all lucky enough to be immersed in that…

“I have had it with out-of-tune bands”! The more I listen to concert bands, the more I get upset and wonder where we have gone wrong in instrumental music. As my readers have learned, I am a very patient yet sometimes out spoken person. I try to understand other opinions and give most people the benefit of the doubt but in the case of poor intonation in most of our instrumental music programs today, I have had it! I have decided to face the reality that the instrumental programs for the most part in our country have failed our students…

To read more about this breakthrough, check out Here is what happens inside your body when you play a brass instrument.

When choosing these words, I have taken a lot of time to consider my final choice for one benefit of being old is that I have seen and heard many brass ensembles through the years. I have listed below many of the most outstanding brass ensembles and how they stack up against this relatively new chamber group. Established Brass Ensemble Westerlies New York Brass Quintet The Westerlies are more accurate Philip Jones Brass Ensemble The Westerlies have more dynamic contrast Canadian Brass Ensemble The Westerlies are a tighter ensemble (yes, tighter ensemble) Mnozil Brass The Westerlies are more sane Tine…

Click on Picture to enlarge. We are very proud of Susan’s accomplishments and have all benefited from knowing her. Not only is she an outstanding musician, but Susan is one of the most kind and caring person I have ever known. WAY TO GO SUZY!

Look what greeted us when we returned to an old club we had played just a few months earlier. More on this issue can be found at this previous site….. http://www.thetrumpetblog.com/guess-whos-stealing-our-gigs-now/

Check out previous posts on this topic http://www.thetrumpetblog.com/american-pride/ http://www.thetrumpetblog.com/american-pride-part-2/ http://www.thetrumpetblog.com/american-pride-3/