Music Matters
Orchestration & Writing for Brass - The Trumpet
All you need to know in order to begin composing for the trumpet. This orchestration video explores the Trumpet as a solo instrument and in the context of playing as part of an ensemble of Trumpets or wider Brass, and explains the rather...
Bridgeman Arts
Two Young Soldiers Come Home
A mother is pleased to see her son arrive home with a friend. They are from a military band and play trumpet before going home in civilian clothes.
Bridgeman Arts
Famous French trumpeter, Georges Jouvin, recording in studio with band.
Clip 5 from Au Creux des Sillons. French language film about the history of sound recording made in 1958 with the help of Pathe-Marconi. Shows the process of manufacturing vinyl discs from studio recording to factory. Famous French...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Louis Armstrong: "The Trumpeter"
For all his jazz credentials, Louis Armstrong was first and foremost a trumpet player. Read about his career, listen to the NPR Jazz Profile program about his trumpet playing, and click to hear some of his work.