Vida profesional
46 artículos
Gratuito
Editorial
Mass media, record-industry economics and the return of cornet virtuosity collide in a sharp warning about fashion, manipulation and musical independence.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
Being a Concert Trombone
Por Ronald Barron
Gratuito
Cleveland Orchestra Audition in 1966
George Szell’s demanding 1966 audition process unfolds through orchestral excerpts, dynamic extremes and the search for absolute ensemble precision.
Por Ronald T. Bishop
Gratuito
A guide to commercial tuba playing in the Los Angeles area
Hollywood reality check: Tommy Johnson reveals what it really takes to become a commercial tuba player in Los Angeles—skill, versatility… and patience.
Por Tommy Johnson
Gratuito
Miroslav Kejmar
Portrait in brief
From Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto to Czech contemporary music, the Prague trumpeter combined Baroque precision with orchestral versatility across Europe.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
Gratuito
Mario Guarneri
Portrait in brief
From San Francisco to New York and Los Angeles, a trumpet career unfolds across major orchestras, recordings and teaching, alongside a sustained commitment to access and contemporary music.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
Gratuito
Editorial
When careers pause and certainty fades, real progress begins in private, where discipline, friendship and chamber music reshape what it means to be a musician.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
Gratuito
Editorial
New editorial formats separate current news from long-form content while creating new links between performers, composers, and the evolving brass community.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
Gratuito
10 Outstanding Trumpet Players in the Los Angeles Area
Behind the polished sound of Los Angeles studio trumpet playing stood remarkably similar training, disciplined routines, and a craft shaped by constant stylistic demands.
Por Boyde Hood
Miembro
Parte 2
How and why I became a musician
A teenage double bassist in 1920s Lausanne turns family resistance, scout orchestras and hard-earned engagements into the beginnings of a professional life.
Por Edouard Gros
Gratuito
The Audition System
Why American Musicians Emigrate?
Behind orchestral vacancies in North America, travel costs, subjective selection and hidden hiring practices help explain a growing flow of musicians abroad.
Por David P. Searfoss
Miembro
British brass players training
In 1980s Britain, brass bands, state schools and conservatoires offered different paths into music, while rising standards collided with shrinking budgets and uncertain careers.
Por Thomas Aitken
Miembro
Glenn Ferris - Profile
Beyond fame and labels: Glenn Ferris rejects the music business game—defining a raw, uncompromising vision of creativity, freedom, and what it means to truly play.
Por Lee Underwood
Gratuito
Tuba Editorial
Roger Bobo reflects on orchestral auditions, examining imbalance between candidates and positions and questioning training, selection criteria and prospects for aspiring tubists.
Por Roger Bobo
Gratuito
Special Hungary
Studying music in Hungary
Music education, secure jobs and modest salaries shaped a Hungarian brass culture where exceptional training coexisted with striking economic realities.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
Miembro
Parte 2
Arnold Jacobs
Interview
From Curtis to Chicago, a tuba player's path crosses Reiner, Koussevitzky and Ormandy, while teaching evolves toward breathing, thought and musical function.
Por Roger Bobo
Miembro
Meir Rimon
Portrait and conversation
Orchestral discipline, solo freedom and an endless appetite for learning shaped Meir Rimon’s horn playing across Israeli, European and American traditions.
Por Jeffrey Agrell
Gratuito
Parte 1
Anton Hansen (1877-1947)
Father of trombone playing in Scandinavia
From Nørrebro cafés to the Royal Orchestra, Anton Hansen’s early years reveal the shift from valve to slide trombone in Scandinavian orchestras.
Por Per Gade
Miembro
What's your proper job?
A social portrait of the British brass player
Four British brass players confront a profession transformed by orchestras, freelance work, social prejudice and the shrinking certainties of musical life.
Por Thomas Aitken
Miembro
Parte 3
How and why I became a musician
As cinema orchestras vanished and radio reshaped musical life, Edouard Gros learned that survival could mean changing instruments, cities and expectations.
Por Edouard Gros
Gratuito
Editorial
As costs rose and ambitions grew, an editorial from 1983 captures the fragile balance between sustaining an international brass journal and preserving its vision.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
Gratuito
Benny Sluchin
Portrait in brief
Between Paris, Cologne and Tel Aviv, Benny Sluchin brings mathematics, acoustics and contemporary performance into the brass world.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez