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Today is the first day of the rest of your life We’ve all heard this saying at one time or another, and it has a good message in it. I Continue Reading →

Ah, so you think you know what I’m writing about this month, but maybe not. Obviously there are many facets of playing a brass instrument where fighting the horn would Continue Reading →

“The mind is a terrible thing to waste,” the old adage goes. I think it especially goes when playing an instrument. It is a terrible thing to waste when we Continue Reading →

I was thinking the other day about how playing an instrument, the trombone in particular, is remarkably similar to the golf swing in the fact that both obey the rules Continue Reading →

The following is a continuation of a discussion started last month between Ken Shifrin and Jay Friedman on the history of orchestral trombone writing and use of the alto trombone. Continue Reading →