I received this message this past week and because of the house full of family I am a little behind on my posts. I would like to thank this gentleman for his questions and due to the fact that many have indicated that they were also “comeback” players, I thought…
These posts are written by: Bruce Chidester
You Raise Me Up – Trumpet Ensemble
From time to time we have readers send in recordings of our music and this young man was kind enough to take the time to prepare our arrangement of “You Raised Me Up”. We would like to thank Javed for his recording and it looks as if we have…
Easier Way to Copy Solos and Make Record Copies
For years we have tried to copy outstanding solos and wonderful orchestral scores from recordings but the time taken for this laborious task was far greater than anyone wanted to spend. With the introduction of digital control, things got a lot easier. Even with digital recordings we still have to go…
Grand Reopening a Success !
Trumpet Ensemble Music Celebrates 2021 We would like to thank our supporters for visiting our new and improved Trumpet Ensemble Music site. From the time we reopened on January 8th till this morning, we have sent out over 500 orders to our visitors from 83 different countries. “You are invited to…
RIP Pauly Cohen, Lead Trumpeter
We would like to thank our friends at TRUMPETBOARDS.COM for sharing this wonderful documentary on one of the lesser know but highly influential lead players of our time.
My Apologies To Those With Perfect Pitch
The ability the keyboard player to cover the singers modulations was amazing! Obviously the performance was not enhanced by digital pitch correction. I’m glad I missed it the first time for I would have had a headache for days and would have changed my vote to the Democratic Party. Be…
“Welcome back Susie”……ah……. MGySgt Susan Rider
We welcome back an outstanding trumpet player as well as one of the kindest, most caring individual I have ever met. MGySgt Susan Rider has participated in all the important presidential activities as far back to the Clinton years and continues to musically support our country while performing regularly in…
Introducing the Baroque Trumpet with Alison Balsom
Historically (Hysterically) Important Advice for Cornet/Trumpet Players- Part #2
This is part #2 from the advice given in the duet collection Celebrated Practice Duets by Arthur Amsden. Don’t fail to pour water through your cornet before beginning the day’s work; never mind WHY, just DO IT and note the benefit of this simple advice. allow yourself to acquire a…
Historically (Hysterically) Important Advice for Cornet/Trumpet Players
On February 1, 1918 a wonderful collection of duets was published by Arthur Amsden which was titled “Celebrated Practice Duets”. We are indebted to the composer for sharing his compositions with us and if you are in need of a very large (70) collection of excellent duets of varying difficulty,…