• I know in heaven, a castle

  

  What a difference three years can make. It is roughly that long since I first made a trumpet sextet version of this little arrangement, which later became the version that Manger Musikklag performed so beautifully last Sunday evening. Rehearsing this piece with the band transported me back to a difficult period. When it was written,…

  September 7, 2018

  Band Arrangements

  arranging, brass, Brass bands, classical music, depression, determination, mental health, Music, Norway, radøy

• Self-promotion vs janteloven

  It’s been over two years since I posted on this blog, and so an overhaul of this online professional portfolio has been somewhat overdue. There’s been a few tweaks to represent current activities timed with a recent relocation to Bergen. Notably, a new professional focus on cornet, and graphic design services being offered. It’s been…

  October 9, 2017

  Musings

  janteloven, Music, Norway, professional music, scandinavian culture, self promotion

• The diaphragm delusion

  “Use your diaphragm!” …said a brass or vocal teacher, somewhere, always. The response from the student; nearly always puzzled, if not nodding quietly to mask confusion and/or risk of suggested ignorance. This well used phrase may be yielding results from some students. Yet, I don’t know of anyone that I have met who can knowingly…

  March 6, 2015

  Musings, Resources

  brass playing, breathing, diaphragm, Music, mythbuster, Trumpet, trumpet technique, vocal technique

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