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Craig Morris took over from the legendary Adolph “Bud” Herseth as principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2001.  Bud Herseth had been principal trumpet since 1948 (53 years !!) so this was a somewhat hard act to follow. This is a pointer to his blog livmusic.com which is a fascinating glimpse into the working life of a top musician. It contains a host of invaluable information… Continue reading

Just a short post to point out a a couple of sites worth looking at if you’re a brass player (or a musician even !). The first is the web site of Ryan Anthony, sometime trumpeter with the Center City brass quintet and Canadian Brass. It’s a fairly standard “artists web” with biog, schedules, discography etc. etc. but worth a look if just for for the “For Brass Players/Educators”… Continue reading