Practice Makes What?
The old joke about how you get to Carnegie Hall has been around a long time, but the question is; how? There is and should be, many ways of practicing Continue Reading →
Getting the Lead Out 2
This month’s topic will be on one of the most important aspects of brass/trombone playing: the approach and theory of sound production. I have found very little pedagogy on the Continue Reading →
Eduard Kruskpe’s “Prof. Weschke” Model Trombone
by Hannes Vereecke and Sebastian Krause This article was originally published in the Historical Brass Society Journal. German repertoire of the interwar period constitutes a significant portion of the music Continue Reading →
You Can’t Run a Marathon in Street Shoes
by Kirk Lundbeck You want an orchestra job so you purchase “The One Hundred” by Megumi Kanda, Principal Trombonist of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. A wonderful new book published by Continue Reading →
Another Consumer Retort
OK, it’s time to get your feedback on a subject important to all of us trombone players; Instrument upkeep and accessories. I’d like to hear your preferences on slide lubricants, Continue Reading →