Vita professionale
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Symphonic tuba playing
A warning from the orchestra: Lewis Waldeck challenges modern tuba playing—calling for a return from solo brilliance to the dark, blended power of true symphonic sound.
Di Lewis Waldeck
Membro
Parte 1
Arnold Jacobs
Interview
Two tuba giants meet in 1979 Chicago, where Arnold Jacobs turns technique, sound, orchestral life and pedagogy into a lasting musical ethic.
Di Roger Bobo
Membro
Parte 5
How and why I became a musician
In wartime Switzerland, a military assignment, a conductor's confusion and an abandoned instrument unexpectedly changed the course of Edouard Gros's musical career.
Di Edouard Gros
Gratuito
Viktor Venglowski
Musician and Teacher
From the Leningrad Philharmonic to the Conservatoire, one trombonist shaped repertoire, ensembles and generations of players across the Soviet Union.
Di Sergej Gorovoj
Membro
Parte 4
How and why I became a musician
In Geneva on the eve of war, Edouard Gros navigates Ansermet’s demanding orchestra, summer trumpet engagements and the sudden upheaval of military mobilisation.
Di Edouard Gros
Gratuito
Editorial
One magazine disappeared as another opened its pages, turning economic necessity into a rare act of editorial solidarity that reshaped the brass press.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
Membro
Philip Jones
Interview
From South London bands to the Philharmonia, Philip Jones recalls his musical upbringing, orchestral life and the rise of brass ensembles in post-war Britain.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
Gratuito
Tell it the way it is:
A viewpoint of professional trumpet playing in the United States
A brutal reality check: Irving Bush exposes the gap between musical dreams and professional truth—revealing the harsh economics behind a career in trumpet playing.
Di Irving Bush
Gratuito
A woman trombonist, Yvelise Girard
Women and Brass
From Paris conservatories to police bands, a young trombonist confronts isolation, scrutiny and ambition as women slowly enter the brass world.
Di Jean Douay
The Annual Competitions of the Paris Conservatoire
From commissioned works to jury voting, a long-standing examination tradition reveals how brass players progressed through the Paris Conservatoire.
Di Benny Sluchin
Gratuito
1981 Geneva International Competition
Readers Letters
Philip Jones responds to the Geneva 1981 debate, arguing for fairer jury decisions, balanced repertoire, and the enduring value of international trumpet competitions.
Di Philip Jones
Membro
Parte 1
The trombone in Maurice Ravel's Bolero
How should Boléro’s trombone solo be played? After 100 performances, Jean Douay challenges conventions and argues for a more supple, controlled approach.
Di Jean Douay
Membro
Brass and Strings
A note on personality types among musicians
Behind the formal discipline of the symphony orchestra, contrasting views of brass and string players reveal enduring questions about personality, class and musical culture.
Di John Davies
Membro
Pyotr Naumovich Volkov (1877-1933)
First trombone professor at St. Petersburg Conservatory
From imperial St. Petersburg to Soviet Leningrad, Volkov shaped a distinctive Russian trombone tradition through performance, teaching and generations of pupils.
Di Viktor Sumerkin
Gratuito
Women and Brass
Statements
Female brass players in British orchestras describe auditions, section dynamics and the pressure of proving themselves beyond musical ability.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
Membro
Parte 2
300 Years of the Horn
in the Dresden Court Orchestra
From Dresden’s court musicians to Hampel’s hand-horn technique, virtuoso players and court repertoire shaped a decisive shift in horn playing and orchestral writing.
Di Peter Damm
Being a Concert Trombone
Di Ronald Barron
Rules for the road
Di Peter Damm
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.
Di Ronald T. Bishop
Gratuito
Vladislav Mykhaylovich Blazhevich (1881-1942)
Trombonist, Composer and Teacher
From village band to the Moscow Conservatoire and the Bolshoi, a lifelong commitment to performance, teaching and wind music shaped Soviet trombone tradition.
Di Viktor Sumerkin
Membro
Harry James (1916-1983)
Young Man With A Horn
Harry James stood between jazz virtuosity and popular showmanship, turning the trumpet into a mass-audience voice without losing the respect of classical players.
Di Michel Laplace
Membro
Special Hungary
International Trumpet Competition, Budapest 1984
Special Hungary
Budapest 1984 exposed a striking gap between technical brilliance and musical maturity, while three leading trumpeters challenged what competitions truly reward.
Di Timofey Dokschidser, Philip Jones, Théo Mertens
Gratuito
Melvyn Poore
Tuba britannica
A tuba becomes a laboratory for circular breathing, reeds, strange mutes and music theatre as Melvyn Poore pushes beyond the orchestral role assigned to it.
Di Thomas Aitken
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.
Di Tommy Johnson