ITG Youth Site - Masterclass

	John Haynie - Practice Tips, With Words From A Friend: Two Teaching Essays
	Cathy Leach - Staying in Balance
	Bill Pfund - We Are Not What We Eat, But We Are What We Think About!
	Betty Scott - Forty Truths About Practicing and Performing
	Bryan Goff - Metronome Practice
	Tina Erickson - Mouthpiece Advice
	Gordon Mathie - Practice: A Musical Approach
	Lisa Blackmore - Double Tonguing Tips
	Albert Lilly - Time and Pitch: Solving Problems With the Metronome and Tuner
	Bill Meyers Simple Maintenance Hints To Keep Your Brass Instrument In Shape(And Out Of The Repair Shop.)
	Chase Sanborn Jazz Improvisation: A Four-Prong Attack

Jeff Purtle
Claude Gordon's Approach

Chris Gekker
Listening

David Hickman
Get a Good Grip on Your Trumpet

Allen Vizzutti
Short Attention Span, The Secrets of Life, Music And…Ummm…..What Was I Saying?

Brian McWhorter
Opening Up to the Form of Practice

	Ron Modell Warmed Up
	Michael Anderson Making the Most of SmartMusic and TuneUp

This column will address issues that are important to young trumpet players in middle school and high school. Each master class will address a specific topic and may include music examples to download and practice. You may want to show these to your band director so that they may use them with the entire trumpet section of band. New columns will appear periodically, so you will want to bookmark this page, and check back often! If you have any ideas about topics you would like to see in future masterclasses or general suggestions, please email the editor at: masterclass@trumpetguild.org

New Articles

Jazz Improvisation as a Language
by Mike Metheny

Warming Up - Music = Air Flow - Biblical Trumpet Playing

by Cynthia Thompson Carrell

About the Editor: Lisa Blackmore is adjunct professor of trumpet and french horn at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. Ms. Blackmore earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) in trumpet performance with a minor in music history at the University of Illinois at Urbana. Her private studio teaching has resulted in students performing in the St. Louis Youth Symphony, and the Missouri All-State Band, All-State Orchestra, and All-State Jazz Band. Ms. Blackmore serves as a trumpet adjudicator for the Missouri All-State groups and has been an adjudicator for the International Trumpet Guild Conference Scholarship Competition. Ms. Blackmore, and her husband, Mark, also a trumpet player, are members of the Mid-Rivers Brass Quintet.