This episode does double duty: teaches you all about the trumpet and trumpet playing, while carrying out the secondary mission of Classical Classroom, i.e., the humiliation of the show's host. Trumpet ...

Photo by Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images. English trumpet player Alison Balsom, 34, accepted one of classical music’s top awards for a musician, Gramaphone’s Artist of the Year Award. The first British ...

Make no attempt to categorize Josh Rzepka. He's a trumpet player, all right. But once you establish this obvious fact, it isn't wise to pigeonhole the 25-year-old musician. What's clear about the ...

"Arutunian's Trumpet Concerto … is an energetic powerhouse of Eastern European lyricism and harmonic textures," said classical music critic Jason Sundram. Named "International Brass Personality of the ...

Classical music just found its next moment of magic as trumpet virtuoso, TBRASS, returns with Sagina, a stunning new release that redefines what it means to blend tradition with innovation. Following ...

Even without the fake tan, bare long legs and Alice Temperley sequined minidress which accentuated her shapely figure, Alison Balsom would always stand out in a crowd. The 30-year-old blonde possesses ...

I've only been at Tufts for a few weeks and I have already met some of the most interesting people I've ever known. In my discussions with these people, the topic of music inevitably comes up: a topic ...

Seattle native Rolf Smedvig, a virtuoso classical trumpeter who helped found the Empire Brass, a renowned quintet whose repertory extends from the Renaissance to the Jazz Age, died Monday at home in ...

Varieties of trumpet and mutes. Photo by Dacia Clay. This episode does double duty: teaches you all about the trumpet and trumpet playing, while carrying out the secondary mission of Classical ...