Trumpet Gadgets… No!
Do you struggle with aspects of playing the trumpet? That new piece of kit not solving your problems no matter how much money you spend and how the fat guy in the local music shop swears by it?? There is…
ME and GR
In 2004 I was picked out from my lead chair at one of the conservatoires Big Bands by Eddie Severn and asked if I’d be interested in some private lessons. This transpired to be one of my most valuable experiences…
Thoughts of a Beginner Trumpet
I have a couple of days of teaching in a private school in south Birmingham with some of the nicest primary school kids you can imagine. I have 15 trumpet students ranging from 7 year olds starting out to my…
Standard Strad
I went to the Birmingham Conservatoire playing on my Callichio Trumpet this was not only a great trumpet that suited the way I played but was another characteristic that set me apart from the other players, who all played, you…
Matt’s Opening Blog
So you might ask what a young professional trumpet player at the start of his career would write in his first blog? Well to find out just read on. As you might have gathered from my site so far I…