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NEWS (April 2008)

We are currently in production with a new edition of John Korak’s, Giuseppe Concone, The Complete Solfeggi for Trumpet (BQ-51). The new edition will include a CD-ROM with printable PDF files of all the piano accompaniments for all the etudes as well as SmartMusic files for the entire book! Stay tuned for availability – probably in June.

Also in the works is The Britton Theurer Collection – five works for brass quintet: Americantus, Animal Rights, Colloquy, Solanum Dulcamara and AmeriCanadian Rhapsody (for two quintets). All of these remarkable pieces have been recorded by The Meridian Arts Ensemble and samples of these recordings will be installed on the web page when the pieces are ready for sale, later this summer.

The SmartMusic applications will continue to be developed for the Cichowicz Orchestral Excerpt Collection, the Jean-Marie Cottet accompaniments to the Charlier etudes, and others. If you are not already on the mailing list, let us know so that we can notify you when these new editions become available.


The latest: “Vuelta del Fuego” (Ride of Fire) for Brass Quintet (BQ-96), by Kevin McKee.
Kevin follows up his success with “Escape” (BQ-86) with this dashing and romantic Spanish flavored work of 7’30” duration. The audio file is installed on the page. http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-96.htm


“Escape” for Brass Quintet, by Kevin McKee. Listen to an audio file. Download sample score pages.
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-86.htm

We’ve added numerous other audio samplers – check out this list:
Baldwin: “Music for Al’s Breakfast” sample
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-29.htm

Baldwin: “More Music for Al’s Breakfast” sample
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-30.htm

Baldwin: “Music for Al’s Breakfast III” sample
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-31.htm

Baldwin: “Concerto for Al’s Breakfast” sample
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-32.htm

Kirby: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, sample
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-37.htm

Lesemann: “Lux Lituorum” for 8 Trumpets
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-45.htm

Mase: “Three Venetian Canzoni” for brass quintet, sample
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-52.htm

Mase: “Four Monteverdi Madrigals” for brass quintet, sample
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-53.htm

Mase: “Fancies on Italian Madrigals” for brass quintet, sample
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-54.htm

Mase: “A Suite of 17th century Dances” for brass quintet, sample
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-55.htm

Halligan: “Meditation” for Trumpet and Piano, sample
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-87.htm

Engelke, ed: “A Brazilian Collection” five solos for Trumpet and Piano, samples
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-89.htm


Here is a quick overview of Recent Additions. Click on the link to take you to the complete description of each item.

• Bel Canto Studies for Trumpet, John Korak, ed. just released  
  http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-95.htm
• Bach: 15 Two-Part Inventions for two Transposing Trumpets  
  Adapted by Robert L. Haley
http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/Bach-Haley.htm
• Twenty-first Century Technique, Chris Kase  
  http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-93.htm
• A Brazilian Collection, ed. Luis Engelke  
  http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-89.htm
• Haydn, Hummel, Neruda Duets, arr. Neil Mueller  
  http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-94.htm
       

Scroll further down to see information under the following headings:
• Errata List
• Free Downloads

1/9/2006
ERRATA:

BQ-2 McGregor: Audition and Performance, Vol. 2, 1997 Edition: page 70, fourth line, 4th measure (the first in Cut Time), second note should be B-flat, not B-natural.

BQ-3 McGregor: Audition and Performance, Vol. 3, 2005 Edition: page 16, third measure after #127, second note of second trumpet should be C-sharp, not C-natural. On page 70, fifth line, first measure, the second trumpet part has some rogue sixteenth rests printed – take them out – the rhythm should look exactly like the first part in the same measure.

BQ-13 Lillya: Trumpet Technic, page 37, in the Parsifal excerpt: there should be a slur marking from the very first note (E-flat) until the first note of the second line; in the fourth line, first measure, the B-flat half-note (beats 3 and 4) should be tied to the B-flat eighth note at the beginning of the next measure.

BQ-48 Lillya: Method for Trumpet and Cornet Book 2, page 37, line 4: the eighth note in the measure should be F-sharp, not F-natural. On page 39, in the second measure, that half-note should be a dotted half-note. On page 49, fourth full measure – the rest at the end of that bar should be a quarter rest, not an eighth rest.

BQ-51 Concone / Korak Complete Solfeggi for Trumpet, page 4: it should say Glossary of “Italian” terms, not “Foreign” terms.

BQ-59 McGregor: Daily Scale Builder for Trumpet, page 47, second line from the bottom, key signature for whole tone scale: delete the A-flat mark and add a C-sharp mark.

BQ-60 Purcell / McGregor: Sonata for Trumpet with Brass Quintet, In the last movement, the solo trumpet part is missing four different measures of rest: Measure #7, #39, #67 and #98 are lost in cyber-space in a way only a computer would know. A new part is being constructed to correct this anomaly.

BQ-64 Fricke: 104 Progressive Exercises, Vol 1., page 29, measure 35. The first note should be A-natural, not A-flat. Page 47, measure 23, trill on the second half note of the measure.

BQ-88 Cichowicz: Orchestra Excerpts for Trumpet with Piano Accompaniment.

Trumpet players must play from the Solo part in the transpositions that occur there. It does no good to learn the music from the piano part where the trumpet line is always written in concert pitch – you MUST know the transpositions because that is the music you will see at an audition and when you play in the orchestra.

Solo part, page 29, 5 measures after #141, the last note should be written B-flat, not C. Piano part, page 65, fourth measure after #141, beats two and three should be A-flat, not B-flat and in the next measure (fifth after #141) the first and last notes of the measure should be A-flats and not B-flats.

If anyone finds more, please let us know. Listing them will help everyone and will help us prepare a better subsequent printing.

FREE DOWNLOADS
A Runner’s Fanfare, duet for two trumpets or horns, by Rob Roy McGregor
Composed for and performed at the opening of the Los Angeles Marathon 2002

Trumpet Talk for Teachers, by Clifford Lillya, © ITG 1979 reprinted by permission.

Clifford Lillya was an exceptionally gifted teacher who built up a wonderful studio at the University of Michigan over a thirty-two year span. Highly intuitive and creative, he was concise and precise in his use of language and imagery. In this talk he outlines in unusual detail his concepts and applications of his teaching methods. Made available here through the generosity of the International Trumpet Guild.

In Defense of the Polka, by Clifford Lillya, Journal of the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Assoc., ca. 1955.

In this short piece, Lillya comments on the evolving solo repertoire for the intermediate trumpet player, discussing the pros and cons and citing a timely warning to teachers about projecting their own needs upon those of their students.

Young Trumpeter’s Guide, by Jean Moorehead Libs
RECOMENDATIONS FOR BEGINNING BAND METHODS AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS FOR STUDY.

A Guided Tour of Clifford Lillya's Trumpet Technic, by Rob Roy McGregor

For those who did not have the opportunity to study directly with Clifford Lillya, this short guide to Trumpet Technic (BQ-13) is meant to help get the most out of this wonderful book.

Lillya put this material together shortly after coming to the University of Michigan in 1947 as a syllabus for his students. It acts as the hub of a wheel tying together a wide variety of other practice materials. It also contains an introduction to transposition with many orchestral excerpts and a generous helping of solo and ensemble literature.

It was first published in 1952 by Carl Fischer Music, Inc. In 1995, Rob Roy McGregor (Balquhidder Music) and Dennis Horton (Elan Brass Impressions), under Lillya's guidance, revised, augmented and re-published the book. For a full description of the contents, click on Lillya, Trumpet Technic in the catalog.

 


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