The student trumpets are built in batches; the professional instruments, one at a time. Perhaps the best way to think of a trumpet is as a piece of flared tubing, nearly 5 feet long, bent into ...

Zhen Jinling has busked outside of Chinatown’s library for the last three years, cycling between traditional Chinese ...

Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major (1796) Classical composer Joseph Haydn ’s concerto for the trumpet endures as one of the composer’s most popular works. It was written for a trumpet ...

Most trumpets are made of brass, as the material gives the instrument a bright, resonant sound. You’ll also want to look for trumpets with a smaller bore because it will support a fuller sound ...

From violins and pianos to triangles and trumpets, instruments are key to making music. Did you know that there are four ...

On a Spring day in 1939, some 150 million listeners tuned in to hear the trumpet sound, live from the Egyptian Museum. Tappern used a modern mouthpiece, but this time the instrument didn’t break – and ...

He found the trumpet to be unforgiving. “It’s a mean instrument,” he mused Thursday night at Harvelle’s in Santa Monica. “It’s a relief that my playing won’t be used in the film.” ...

When Barry Perkins puts a trumpet to his lips, instrument and man meld into one and the notes fill your soul.If that sounds like hyperbole, you haven’t heard Perkins play. Or more likely you… ...

On Monday, July 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., L.B. Landry High School will be the site of an extraordinary musical event as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, in partnership with NOLA Public ...