The YouTube Symphony orchestra will take place again on March 14 – 20, 2011, at the Sydney Opera House. From youtube.com: March 2011 will mark the YouTube Symphony Orchestra’s return – and once again, we [...]

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the BrassMusician.com forums, you will have seen that I’ve been busy recently working on a new modular system for brass players, called “High notes, low notes, and everything [...]

By Michael Barkley: www.michaelbarkley.com Tone This is another area which I have touched upon in the previous posts. In this entry I hope to offer exercises, mental approaches and physical conditions which enable the production [...]

I was recently asked if I had some specific advice for “older” brass players. After thinking long and hard, and spending a little time on research, I though “Well, hopefully without offending anyone, what better [...]

Swedish-born Urban Agnas has been professor of trumpet at the Academy of Music in Cologne, Germany, since 2001. He is an international soloist, teacher, and long-time client of the Monette company. Urban has developed a [...]