Who is the best collegiate trumpet teacher in the country

Richard III · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:04 pm Post subject:

Someone should ask the OP if seven years later he made the right decision. Thread started in 2007. I'll bet he has some insights now.
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jf26 · New Member Joined: 05 Dec 2014 Posts: 6

Dr. Randy Grabowski from the University of Northern Iowa is a phenomenal teacher, trumpet player, musician, and person.

kehaulani · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 9:49 pm Post subject:

m3auer · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 9:50 pm Post subject:

Ronald Romm is at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. If you don't know the name he was a founding member of Canadian Brass. I had the chance to work with him over the summer a bit and he had a ton of insightful and constructive things to say.

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m3auer · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 10:01 pm Post subject:

blbaumgarn · Heavyweight Member Joined: 26 Jul 2017 Posts: 705

My experience with auditioning and choosing a school goes back 50 years but the memories are still crystal clear. I auditioned at 3 state universities and a small private college pretty close to home. Each experience was different and positive in its own way but the largest state u. was more of a production line i.e. they had lots and lots of prospects and you could either get there, get down to work, or get gone. The small private college was very interested in me personally as well as letting me develop. The last state university I auditioned at was really by chance. Admissions to the u. were already closed when I sent my paper work in so sometime around april my senior year I get a phone call from one of my school mates that was principle trumpet there asking if I was still interested in auditioning. So, my parents took me to audition and the whole experience was over the top positive. I had been told by one professor at the other state u. that I had a "fatal" embouchure problem that would require a year or two to correct or I "might as well" take up french horn. When I auditioned there was a wednesday after a tuesday night basketball game where I got a swollen lip.
I did the whole audition, they seemed pleased, save the comments at the end and I was accepted, too. At the last place I played for one of the trumpet teachers, and the trombone teacher. Then they had me go through the usual scales, arban studies, etc. I told them what they had said at the other school and said I was workng on the problem. The trumpet teacher just said, you don't really have that problem and when we are done I can tell ya a couple things to do in practice that will help you center the embouchure. They then had me exit and asked my parents in to his studio where they said, "we can't have this young man get lost at OSU." He was right. My experience is go where you feel that teacher or teachers is vitally interested in your progress and growth in music. The vast majority are and they have the reputation as great teachers because that is their goal for each student indivitually. The teacher I studied was Eastman educated and wonderful, both as a teacher and a man. He never talked about growing and progressing on the instrument as being "a problem." Find people like that and you will never regret attending any college or university. By the way, these year after this topic was started all those people mentioned are still wonderful teachers preparing many for fulfilling careers in music.
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