John Schlabach in action

Schlabach and Appalachian Valley Chapter president Les Paul

The ITG's Appalachian Valley Chapter hosted a clinic on October 28, 2006 at the Hermann Fine Arts Center of Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio.

The featured clinician was John Schlabach, professor of trumpet at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He is very active as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician as well as clinician, and has had many pedagogy articles published in the ITG Journal and other leading journals. Schlabach earned degrees from Northwestern and Western Illinois Universities.

The clinic covered mainly: aspects of breathing and relaxation, mouthpiece buzzing, practicing for musicianship, and "Connecting the Ear and Brass Performance".

The chapter's next event will feature Greg Wing, trumpet professor at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky. Greg will present an afternoon clinic and evening concert with the Smoot Theater Big Band on Friday, January 19th, 2007 at the Historic Smoot Theater in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

For full contact information for the chapter, please see this earlier ITG News story.

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Source: Les Paul, President, Appalachian Valley Chapter