Dec 30, 2012 | Brass Playing, General, Performances
I had a busy December gig schedule with some Christmas TNB events. The first was a grueling drive up the 401 (for a noon concert in Gatineau) with trumpet player Steve Woomert after an 8pm Ellington Nutcracker concert! We arrived around 2:30am, checked into our rooms,...
Sep 27, 2010 | Brass Playing, Pedagogy
We are most often paying attention to the upper side of our ability – how high we can play, how fast we can tongue, how loud, how soft . This is all very important but we should not lose sight of the importance of the bottom – the bottom is our ability on a day we...
Sep 16, 2010 | Brass Playing, Pedagogy
Whether you are a performer or a student, summer is often a time to recharge the batteries and get some time off the instrument so we can come back refreshed and ready to perform. As good as our intentions are many of us do come back to work after a long break with...
