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20 Best Trumpet Blogs and Websites To Follow in 2022 (feedspot.com)

(This site has listed our blog #1 Trumpet Blog every year for the past six years)

#1. The Trumpet Blog | Blogging anything & everything trumpet
 Branson, Missouri, US”

“The Trumpet Blog regularly posts information related to trumpets and trumpet playing. Find information on many topics dealing with trumpet playing which will include the basics for the first timer as well as advice for the more experienced player”.

The 5 Best Online Resources Beginner Trumpet Players (trumpethub.com)

First Place Honorable Mentions: The Trumpet Blog

“This is seriously one of the best, and cutest trumpet blogs. While we are not yet clear on the authors identity, this blog offers a lot of relevant and insider information on what being a trumpet player is like. Here, you’ll learn of many useful trumpet tricks, simple tricks that help you improve your trumpeting technique, make you feel more rested or comfortable when playing the trumpet, or just having a good resource on most things trumpet related.
Beginning from August 2010, the Trumpet Blog covers a lot of interesting and ingenious secrets from the secret world of trumpet players. For example, did you know that a soda straw can improve your playing? No? Well visit the Trumpet Blog and find out”!
Veronika Hoffmann
trumpethub.com
Goethestr. 5
65795 Hattersheim
Germany

10 Blogs That Every Trumpet Player Should Read – Last Row Music

“Below you will find a list of 10 professional trumpet players who have written quite a bit on anything (and everything) related to the trumpet. There are many blogs out there regarding the trumpet; however, these ten write frequently on their sites. Some of the websites are actual blogs while others contain a blog that is fairly active”.

1) Joey Tartell, Associate Professor of Trumpet, Indiana University
2) Chris Coletti, Canadian Brass
3) Phil Collins, former Principal Trumpet, Cincinnati Symphony and Pops
4) Wynton Marsalis, International Jazz Soloist
5) Terrance Blanchard, International Jazz Soloist
6) Chris Carillo, Trumpet Professor, James Madison University
7) The Trumpet Blog, Bruce Chidester, Professor Emeritus, University of Northern Iowa
8) Stanley Curtis, Trumpet, U.S. Navy Band
9) James Ackley, Trumpet Professor, University of South Carolina
10 Brian McWhorter, Trumpet Professor, University of Oregon

Bruce was a member of the faculty at the University of Northern Iowa, School of Music in Cedar Falls from 1969 until his retirement in 1999. He has performed with many well-known entertainers such as Bob Hope, Jim Nabors, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Anita Bryant, Carman Cavalara, Victor Borgie, the Four Freshman, Blackstone the Magician, Bobby Vinton and John Davidson.