Trumpet Teacher Talk

By Bill Ratcliff

What's Trumpet Teacher Talk about?

A podcast about teaching trumpet, trumpet teachers, and all thing trumpet. Engaging interviews with noted trumpet teachers from across the country in all genres of music.

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Trumpet Teacher Talk episodes:

05.19.2017
Episode 52: "Keep the phrase going" - a conversation with Charles Daval
Episode 52: "Keep the phrase going" - a conversation with Charles Daval Trumpet player Charles Daval has held positions in some of North America’s most prestigious orchestras including the Boston Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony and the Seattle Symphony. His principal...
05.12.2017
When the student is ready, the Teacher will appear-A conversation with Dr. Keith Winking
When the student is ready, the Teacher will appear-A conversation with Dr. Keith Winking Keith Winking is a professor at Texas State University, where he teaches trumpet, directs the Texas State Jazz Orchestra, and is a member of...
05.04.2017
Episode 50: Creating Aural Images-A Conversation with Kurt Gorman
Episode 50: Creating Aural Images-A Conversation with Kurt Gorman Kurt Gorman, D.M.A., Professor of Music, joined music faculty at the University of Tennessee at Martin in 2004. He directs the UTM Big Band and Small Jazz Group and teaches applied...
04.22.2017
Episode 49: Teaching to Their Strengths - A conversation with Max Matzen
Episode 49: Teaching to Their Strengths - A conversation with Max Matzen Noted for his sharp and persuasive playing (Jack Bowers, allaboutjazz.com), Max Matzen is steadily emerging as one of America's prominent trumpet artists. He maintains an international performing career...
03.31.2017
Episode 46: Letting Go of Expectations - A conversation with Pete Estabrook
Episode 46: Letting Go of Expectations - A conversation with Pete Estabrook Pete Estabrook earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in Professional Music from Berklee College (Boston, MA) in 1987 and Master of Fine Arts Degree in Jazz Studies from...
03.24.2017
Episode 45: Finding the Beauty in Your Sound - A conversation with Dr. Christopher Moore
Episode 45: Finding the Beauty in Your Sound - A conversation with Dr. Christopher Moore Grammy Award-winner, Professor Christopher Moore has been teaching trumpet at FSU since 2003. Prior to his appointment at FSU, Dr. Moore was Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University...
03.18.2017
Episode 44: Practicing What You Preach - A conversation with Jim Johnson
Episode 44: Practicing What You Preach - A conversation with Jim Johnson Dr. Jim Johnson grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Before joining the faculty at Kansas State University, he earned his D.M. in Trumpet Performance from The...
03.09.2017
Episode 43: Guidebook for the Beginning Trumpeter-A conversation with Dustin Williams
Episode 43: Guidebook for the Beginning Trumpeter-A conversation with Dustin Williams Dustin Williams is the Adjunct Professor of Trumpet at Graceland University and a freelance teacher in the Kansas City area. He has written a new method book for trumpet titled:...
03.03.2017
Episode 42: Musical Fluency-A conversation with Brian McWhorter
Episode 42: Musical Fluency-A conversation with Brian McWhorter Brian McWhorter is associate professor of music at the University of Oregon. Previously, he held positions at Manhattan School of Music, Louisiana State University, East Carolina University, and Princeton University. He earned the...
02.24.2017
Episode 41: Secrets of the Musical Mind with Dr. Richard Cox
Episode 41: Secrets of the Musical Mind with Dr. Richard Cox Free ebook: https://musicpreneur.leadpages.co/secrets-of-the-musical-mind/ Course: http://musicpreneur.com/secrets-musical-mind/ Dr. Richard H. Cox holds earned doctorates in medicine, psychology, and theology, as well as having been granted three honorary doctorates, one from the...
02.16.2017
Episode 40: The Trumpet Repertoire Project with Dr. J. Peyden Shelton
Episode 40: The Trumpet Repertoire Project with Dr. J. Peyden Shelton http://www.peydenshelton.com http://www.peydenshelton.com/trumpet-repertoire-project.html A current resident of the greater Washington D.C. and Baltimore area, Dr. J. Peyden Shelton has gained a rapidly growing reputation as an active clinician and performer throughout the United States and...
02.02.2017
Episode 39: "Breathe" - A Conversation with Justin Emerich
Episode 39: "Breathe" - A Conversation with Justin Emerich A nationally renowned trumpeter and teacher with extensive national and international performing experience, Justin Emerich is associate professor of trumpet at the MSU College of Music. Emerich’s orchestral experience includes serving...
01.26.2017
Lips of Steel: A Conversation with David Baldwin
Lips of Steel: A Conversation with David Baldwin David Baldwin is Professor of Trumpet at the University of Minnesota School of Music in Minneapolis. He conducts the University Brass Choir, an 18-member ensemble which has several recordings to its credit....
01.20.2017
Episode 37: Lasting Change for Trumpeters-A Conversation with Luis Loubriel
Episode 37: Lasting Change for Trumpeters-A Conversation with Luis Loubriel Luis E. Loubriel is a performer, teacher, researcher, and writer who specializes on brass performance and pedagogy. He joined the American Federation of Musicians at age 16 to perform with...
01.12.2017
Episode 36: Keep Going! A Conversation with Dr. Cathy Leach
Episode 36: Keep Going! A Conversation with Dr. Cathy Leach Cathy Leach has been Professor of Trumpet at the University of Tennessee since 1981. She teaches applied trumpet, directs the UT Trumpet Ensemble and coaches brass quintets, and serves the School...
12.16.2016
Episode 35: Paul Baron "Trumpet Voluntarily"
Episode 35: Paul Baron "Trumpet Voluntarily" Paul Baron is one of today's most highly respected lead and commercial trumpet players. His sound is distinctly bright and powerful and carries with it decades of experience in a wide range of musical...
12.09.2016
Episode 34: Free Flow! - An conversation with Judith Saxton
Free Flow! - An conversation with Judith Saxton Judith Saxton enjoys a multi-faceted career as an international soloist, chamber and orchestral musician and educator and has been lauded as a “virtuoso player and superb soloist”. In addition to her performing and...
12.02.2016
Episode 33: Being patient - A Conversation with Dr. Jason Crafton
Episode 33: Being patient - A Conversation with Dr. Jason Crafton Jason Crafton is Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Virginia Tech and he directs both of the large jazz ensembles. Prior to this appointment he held positions at Texas A&M; University-Kingsville,...
11.25.2016
Episode 32: Stay in the Moment - A Conversation with James Thompson of the Eastman School of Music
Episode 32: Stay in the Moment - A Conversation with James Thompson of the Eastman School of Music James Thompson is currently Professor of Trumpet at the renowned Eastman School of Music. He came to this position after having played Principal...
11.18.2016
Episode 31: "First, Be a Musician" a conversation with Dr. J. Peyden Shelton
Episode 31: "First, Be a Musician" a conversation with Dr. J. Peyden Shelton A current resident of the greater Washington D.C. and Baltimore area, Dr. J. Peyden Shelton has gained a rapidly growing reputation as an active clinician and performer throughout the United States and Canada....
11.11.2016
Episode 30: "Be an Artist" a conversation with Larry Meregillano
Episode 30: "Be an Artist" a conversation with Larry Meregillano. Larry Meregillano is a Bach artist/clinician. He started his professional career playing in big bands in San Diego in the early 1970’s. In 1976, he was hired to play in Tom...
11.03.2016
"Sing your heart out" - A conversation with Frank Gabriel Campos
"Sing your heart out" - A conversation with Frank Gabriel Campos. Frank Gabriel Campos is a renowned classical and jazz soloist and the author of Trumpet Technique (Oxford University Press, 2005), regarded the best single source on the subject. His popular 'Clinic' column in the International Trumpet...
10.28.2016
Episode 28: Keeping Perspective - A conversation with Chris Gekker
Episode 28: Keeping Perspective - A conversation with Chris Gekker Chris Gekker is Professor of Trumpet at the University of Maryland, School of Music and currently lives in the Washington, DC area. He has been featured as soloist at...
10.20.2016
Episode 27: Creating Lifelong Music Lovers - A Conversation with Adam Fisher
Episode 27: Creating Lifelong Music Lovers - A Conversation with Adam Fisher. Adam is a freelance trumpeter and teacher in the Milwaukee area. His career includes lots of performing, teaching trumpet and working with...area marching bands. www.adamfishertrumpet.com
10.13.2016
Episode 26: Exploring History - A conversation with Dr. Edward Tarr
Episode 26: Exploring History - A conversation with Dr. Edward Tarr. Dr. Ed Tarr is a world renown trumpeter, teacher and musicologist. His career has spanned more than 5 decades including some of the best known recordings of early music...
10.06.2016
Episode 25: Dreams are good...Goals are better! A Conversation with William Campbell
Episode 25: Dreams are good...Goals are better! A Conversation with William Campbell of the University of Michigan. If you have listen to many of the earlier episodes you will be familiar with the name William Campbell. He was named as...
09.29.2016
Episode 24: Keep it Simple - A conversation with Bert Truax
Episode 24: Keep it Simple - A conversation with Bert Truax. Bert performed over twenty years with the Dallas Symphony before deciding to teach full time. A master teacher with a wealth of experience to draw on, Bert offers great...
09.22.2016
Episode 23: Creativity in Teaching - Michael Blutman
Episode 23: Creativity in Teaching-Michael Blutman. Michael Blutman is a New York based freelance musician and teacher. In this conversation he talks about how he uses creative ways to engage his students (and himself) in the learning process. He also...
09.14.2016
"Listen First!" - A conversation with Vincent DiMartino
Episode 22 - "Listen First!" features the great Vincent DiMartino. Vince is internationally recognized as one of the best educators and performers on the trumpet, and he is equally at home in both the classical and jazz genres. We cover...
09.06.2016
Episode 21: "Living the Dream" - Dr. Jason Bergman of the Univ. of North Texas
Episode 21: "Living the Dream" - This episode features Dr. Jason Bergman of the Univ. of North Texas. Jason is an internationally known performer, having played in China, South America, Europe and the UK. His first solo CD "On the...
08.30.2016
Episode 20: One size does not fit all - Jason Dovel, University of Kentucky
Episode 20 - Jason Dovel, Professor of Trumpet at the Univ. of Kentucky talked about his education, career and trumpet playing concepts in this episode. www.JasonDovel.com
08.23.2016
Episode 19: Recovery from Focal Dystonia - A conservation with Michelle Glasscock
Episode 19: Recovery from Focal Dystonia - A Conversation with Michelle Glasscock. Michelle is a freelance trumpet teacher in the Dallas area who during her second year of grad school at UNT suffered from the onset of Task Specific Focal...
08.16.2016
Episode 18: Don't take NO for an answer - Dr. Brian Shook
Episode 18: Don't take NO for an answer - Dr. Brian Shook of Lamar University is my guest for this episode. Dr. Shook of also the author of "Last Stop Carnegie Hall" the biography of the William Vacchiano, former Principle Trumpet...
08.09.2016
Episode 17: At the Summit: A conversation with David Hickman
This episode features David Hickman, Regents Professor at Arizona State University. David discusses his career in performing, teaching, founding the Summit Brass Ensemble, and how he became a publisher with Hickman Editions. David can be contacted at: [email protected]
08.02.2016
Episode 16: Musical Solutions-A Conversation with Boyde Hood
This weeks episode features Boyde Hood, Professor of Trumpet at USC's Thornton School of Music. Boyde has had a multifaceted career both as a teacher and performer and is one of the nations leading trumpet teachers. Body can be reached...
07.26.2016
Episode 15: Life in the Studio-Oklahoma City University's Michael Anderson
Episode 15: This episode features a conversation with Michael Anderson, Professor of Trumpet at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University. Michael is a member of the ITG Board of Directors and the Executive Director of...
07.19.2016
Episode 14: Finding Efficiency in Trumpet Playing-A Conversation with Steve Leising
Episode 14: Finding Efficiency in Trumpet Playing-A Conversation with Steve Leising Steve Leisring is Assistant Professor to Trumpet at the University of Kansas, and is recognized internationally as a teacher, clinician and outstanding performer. For this episode I asked Steve...
07.12.2016
Episode 13: The Legacy of William Adam-The Next Generation, Ryan King
Episode 13: The Legacy of William-The Next Generation. In this episode I talk with Ryan King, a freelance trumpet teacher in Frisco Texas and graduate student ad North Texas State University. . Ryan was a student of Dr. Karl Sievers...
07.05.2016
Episode 12: The Legacy of William Adam part 2-Greg Wing
This is the second in a series of episodes exploring the legacy of William Adam former Professor of Trumpet at Indiana University. This weeks show features a conversation with Professor Greg Wing of Morehead State University. Professor Wing is recognized...
06.28.2016
Episode 11: The Legacy of William Adam, Part 1 - John Harbaugh
This episode is the first in a series exploring the legacy of the late William Adam, Professor of Trumpet at Indiana University from 1946-88. Mr. Adam's roster of students is a "who's who" of the trumpet world, and in this...
06.21.2016
Episode 10: From Mystery to Mastery-A conversation with Greg Spence
Episode 10: From Mystery to Mastery-A conversation with Greg Spence. Greg is a Australian freelance trumpeter and the internationally know author of "Mystery to Mastery," a trumpet method available on the internet. If you haven't seen Greg's materials I highly...
06.07.2016
Episode 9: The legacy of Gilbert Johnson. A conversation with Ben Fairfield
Episode 9: The legacy of Gilbert Johnson. This episode explores the legacy of Gilbert Johnson, former Principal Trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Professor of Trumpet at the University of Miami through the thoughts of one of his former students,...
06.07.2016
Episode 8: Nurturing students toward the goal - Charlie Geyer
Episode 8: Charlie Geyer Professor of Trumpet at Rice University is my guest for this episode. Charlie outlines his career from High School to Northwestern University to twelve years in the greatest brass section in the world, Chicago Symphony, to...
05.31.2016
Episode 7: Perfect Landing
Episode 7: Chris Coletti of the Canadian Brass is my guest for this episode. In addition to his performing duties in the Canadian Brass, Chris is a prolific arranger for the group. Chris is now serving as Adjunct Professor of...
05.24.2016
Episode 6: Joey Tartell
My guest today is Joey Tartell. Joey is an Associate Professor of Trumpet and the Director of Undergraduate Studies at Indiana University’s Jacob School of Music. As a performer he has been lead trumpet in Maynard Ferguson’s Band, the Smithsonian...
05.17.2016
Episode 5: Legacy of Don Jacoby
Episode 5: My guest this week is Clint "Pops" McLaughlin, internationally known trumpet teacher and embouchure development specialist. Pops can be found online at: www.bbtrumpet.com
05.10.2016
Episode 4: Making a contribution and constant improvement
This episode includes two interviews. First is James Newcomb creator of the Trumpet Dynamics Podcast. www.trumpetpodcast.com and www.trumpetdynamics.com Next is Benny Davis, freelance trumpet teacher in the Dallas metro area and one of my college friends. Benny's web site is...
05.03.2016
Episode 3: Continuing the legacy of our teachers
This week I visit with Dr Matthew Vangjel, Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. We discuss his teachers and how we pass the legacy of our teachers and of their teachers on to our students. Dr. Vangjel can be...
04.21.2016
Episode 2: The Arkansas Trumpeter
An in depth interview with Dr. Christopher Wilson, Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro Arkansas. An Arkansas native, Dr. Wilson discusses his early musical career, teachers, and his online site to assist young trumpeters across the...
04.21.2016
Episode 1: Success in the Studio
An engaging conversation with one of the nation's most successful college trumpet teachers, Dr. Ryan Gardner of Oklahoma State University. Dr. Gardner's trumpet ensembles have won first place for the past three years at the prestigious National Trumpet Competition. He discusses...

What's Trumpet Teacher Talk about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Trumpet Teacher Talk episodes:

Episode 52: "Keep the phrase going" - a conversation with Charles Daval

When the student is ready, the Teacher will appear-A conversation with Dr. Keith Winking

Episode 50: Creating Aural Images-A Conversation with Kurt Gorman

Episode 49: Teaching to Their Strengths - A conversation with Max Matzen

Episode 46: Letting Go of Expectations - A conversation with Pete Estabrook

Episode 45: Finding the Beauty in Your Sound - A conversation with Dr. Christopher Moore

Episode 44: Practicing What You Preach - A conversation with Jim Johnson

Episode 43: Guidebook for the Beginning Trumpeter-A conversation with Dustin Williams

Episode 42: Musical Fluency-A conversation with Brian McWhorter

Episode 41: Secrets of the Musical Mind with Dr. Richard Cox

Episode 40: The Trumpet Repertoire Project with Dr. J. Peyden Shelton

Episode 39: "Breathe" - A Conversation with Justin Emerich

Lips of Steel: A Conversation with David Baldwin

Episode 37: Lasting Change for Trumpeters-A Conversation with Luis Loubriel

Episode 36: Keep Going! A Conversation with Dr. Cathy Leach

Episode 35: Paul Baron "Trumpet Voluntarily"

Episode 34: Free Flow! - An conversation with Judith Saxton

Episode 33: Being patient - A Conversation with Dr. Jason Crafton

Episode 32: Stay in the Moment - A Conversation with James Thompson of the Eastman School of Music

Episode 31: "First, Be a Musician" a conversation with Dr. J. Peyden Shelton

Episode 30: "Be an Artist" a conversation with Larry Meregillano

"Sing your heart out" - A conversation with Frank Gabriel Campos

Episode 28: Keeping Perspective - A conversation with Chris Gekker

Episode 27: Creating Lifelong Music Lovers - A Conversation with Adam Fisher

Episode 26: Exploring History - A conversation with Dr. Edward Tarr

Episode 25: Dreams are good...Goals are better! A Conversation with William Campbell

Episode 24: Keep it Simple - A conversation with Bert Truax

Episode 23: Creativity in Teaching - Michael Blutman

"Listen First!" - A conversation with Vincent DiMartino

Episode 21: "Living the Dream" - Dr. Jason Bergman of the Univ. of North Texas

Episode 20: One size does not fit all - Jason Dovel, University of Kentucky

Episode 19: Recovery from Focal Dystonia - A conservation with Michelle Glasscock

Episode 18: Don't take NO for an answer - Dr. Brian Shook

Episode 17: At the Summit: A conversation with David Hickman

Episode 16: Musical Solutions-A Conversation with Boyde Hood

Episode 15: Life in the Studio-Oklahoma City University's Michael Anderson

Episode 14: Finding Efficiency in Trumpet Playing-A Conversation with Steve Leising

Episode 13: The Legacy of William Adam-The Next Generation, Ryan King

Episode 12: The Legacy of William Adam part 2-Greg Wing

Episode 11: The Legacy of William Adam, Part 1 - John Harbaugh

Episode 10: From Mystery to Mastery-A conversation with Greg Spence

Episode 9: The legacy of Gilbert Johnson. A conversation with Ben Fairfield

Episode 8: Nurturing students toward the goal - Charlie Geyer

Episode 7: Perfect Landing

Episode 6: Joey Tartell

Episode 5: Legacy of Don Jacoby

Episode 4: Making a contribution and constant improvement

Episode 3: Continuing the legacy of our teachers

Episode 2: The Arkansas Trumpeter

Episode 1: Success in the Studio