Glenn’s Trumpet Notes

Trumpeters! Want to become your best? Want a quick study on playing the trumpet? Feel like you’re stuck on something and just not getting any better at it, no matter what? Want to hear how advanced, professional trumpeters do things and what they’ve learned through their years of experience? Want to ask them a question about something?

Here’s your chance on Sunday, 29 January—attend the Trumpet Arts Festival being held adjacent to the campus of Seattle Pacific University (SPU).

It’s a full program featuring the following trumpeters: Christopher Smith, Assistant Principal, Seattle Symphony; Bryan Appleby-Wineberg, Rowan University; Vince Green, Western Washington University; and Brian Chin, Seattle Pacific University.

• At 2 p.m., attend the Masterclass: “Practicing Fundamentals”
• At 3 p.m., the Masterclass is on “Practicing Jazz Improvisation”
• At 4 p.m., Bob Malone will conduct the Masterclass, “Finding a Great Horn”

That’s followed at 5 p.m. with a student concert (open to the public). Then the main concert event starts at 7 p.m. The festival ends with an afterhours jam session at 9 p.m. Come hear some great music!

The location is the First Free Methodist Church, 3200 Third Avenue West, Seattle. The cost is $25 tuition and $10 for the evening concert only. Learn more about the featured trumpeters on their websites:

• Appleby-Wineberg:  http://www.rowan.edu/music/assets/facultyinfo.cfm?id=76
• Chin: http://www.spu.edu/depts/fpa/music/instrumental/brassfac.htm
• Green:  http://www.wwu.edu/music/bio/green.shtml
• Malone:  http://yamahawinds.wordpress.com/tag/brass-herald/
• Smith:  http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/meet/orchestra.aspx