On February 1-2, 2019, the Ball State University School of Music and the Ball State Affiliate Chapter of the International Trumpet Guild held its inaugural BSU Trumpet Festival, (Mark Buselli and Stephen Campbell, hosts) featuring guest artist Rex Richardson, international trumpet soloist and Yamaha Performing Artist.
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On February 2, 2019, Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) in Saginaw, Michigan held its first annual Brass Day. Guest artists for the day included the Mid-Michigan Brass Band and the Quintasonic Brass Quintet.
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ITG has learned of the passing of trumpeter Steve Madaio (1948–2019).
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Hello, and welcome to the ITG Web Site! I’m Cathy Leach, fortunate and happy to be the incoming ITG President and want to thank you for viewing our website.
I attended my first ITG Conference in 1981. Why do I continue to be a member? ITG Conferences, the ITG Journal, the ITG website, and ITG’s secret sauce---its membership.
By attending a Conference, you have the opportunity to stop Allen Vizzutti in a hallway and ask him “how do you do produce this particular passage so easily?” You have the opportunity to meet Sean Jones and ask ___”What goes on inside of you when you’re playing those fantastic jazz solos?” You have the opportunity to speak to trumpet teachers like longtime ITG member Gordon Mathie and ask “how do I help students improve their lip slurs”? Bring your trumpet and you can play from the first moment on, in group fanfares, warm up sessions, ensemble reading sessions, Festival of Trumpets, evening jam sessions and other events.
By exploring the ITG Website, (big, big thank you to Michael Anderson, our website director, and his legions of editors, contributors and volunteers), you can
