Fire Up Your Engines!
by Kirk Lundbeck Oxygen; without it life would cease to exist. The air we breathe gives life to everything around us and without it our trombones would be silent. This Continue Reading →
Embouchure and Slide
This month I want to focus on the fact of how much the embouchure has on pitch variation. An easy test to find out how much is to play with Continue Reading →
Thanks, Dickie!
This month I wax poetic about our debt as trombone players, and all brass players as well, to Richard Wagner for realizing the potential that brass instruments and trombones in Continue Reading →
Trumpet Audition Strategies
The last 2 months I’ve focused on trombone audition strategies, so this month I thought I would talk about the same topic for the trumpet, as I understand we have Continue Reading →
Still More Audition Strategies
Here’s more thoughts on excerpts asked at tenor trombone auditions. First, lets take the solo from the Russian Easter Overture. This is an excerpt that can score big points on Continue Reading →