I'm a professional trumpet player, brass pedagogue, composer/arranger, and conductor - originally from New Zealand, now living in Sweden.
You may have read or heard about my book called
Performing in The Zone. It's aimed at helping musicians, and in fact all performers, feel calm, confident, and in control in stressful performing situations such as auditions and solo concerts.
To get in touch, simply send a message via the BrassMusician.com community.
By Jon Gorrie
Background I founded BrassMusician on the 1st of May, 2010 as a simple blog project with the intention of providing a service “for brass players, by brass players”. Within a few short months I was [...]
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By Jon Gorrie
Does the sweat from your hands eat through the finish on your horn? Gold, silver, lacquer, and brass – they can all succumb to the effects of acidic sweat. The leadpipe on my old Bach [...]
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By Jon Gorrie
Long notes often form the basis of exercises for beginner students, but why do so many intermediate and advanced players omit long notes from their practice regime? Is it that we “outgrow” them, not needing [...]
Posted in Playing tips, Trumpet
By Jon Gorrie
It’s not often I come across causes such as this one, so as soon as I saw the site I felt I had to share it with the brass playing world. From www.trumpetsnotguns.com Our Mission: [...]
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By Jon Gorrie
Thanks to Rod Franks and the London Symphony Orchestra for this youtube upload of a trumpet masterclass on Mahler’s 6th [...]
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By Jon Gorrie
As a beginner French Horn player, one of the simplest things you can do to progress is to memorize the fingerings for all of the notes. To help you get started, here is a basic [...]
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By Jon Gorrie
BrassMusician.com has just been informed of the death of trumpet virtuoso Maurice André. Maurice André was born in Ales in France in 1933 and went on to become one of the 20th century’s biggest names [...]
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By Jon Gorrie
As a beginner trombone player, one of the simplest things you can do to progress is to memorize the slide positions for all of the notes. To help you get started, here is a basic [...]
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By Jon Gorrie
As a beginner trumpet or cornet player, one of the simplest things you can do to progress is to memorize the fingerings for all of the notes. To help you get started, here is a [...]
Posted in Resources
By Jon Gorrie
In 2010 I released an online course entitled “High notes, low notes, and everything in between“. The course consists of lessons – or modules as I call them here – and is aimed at advancing [...]
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