Tag: Core Skills Brass Tutor Book

  • Looks Good Sounds Good

    After all the excitement last week of the concert playing the Planets Suite I have had a week of other musical things distracting me from the business of writing and arranging music. I have to say that this is not all bad because I’ve been invited to play trumpet in Mahler’s 1st symphony in October,…

  • My Creative Process

    I have had a piece outlined for a while and have been doing research to help structure the work in order to have a framework within which to begin composing. A blank piece of manuscript and a pencil is rarely sufficient for successful composition, there needs to be some sort of design brief. I find…

  • A New Beginner’s Brass Course

    Well, we had a great time in Scotland on holiday, but inclement weather persuaded us to come home a couple of days earlier than planned. This is not as bad as it sounds because it allowed me time to finish proofreading my up and coming Brass Tutor book Core Skills Brass. This has been a…