wiseone2

Yesterday I taught two students from a place I, quite frankly, did not know existed. These two fine gentlemen are from the Faroe Islands.
http://www.faroeislands.com/
They are teenagers and they really played well for me. I worked on basics, the key to playing the trumpet well. I got their attacks in order.....I hope

Today, I heard their whole group play in NYC's Greeley Square. They were magnificent. It is a brass band that plays in tune. They listen to each other.
It was uplifting to see young people perform on our instrument so maturely.

My brass band story-
I was asked to put together a brass band for a concert in Washington Square Park. It was my only experience in this type of setting.
I played Solo Cornet.........well, it was my gig Ed Carroll sat next to me, and the kid, Wynton played third. Wynton was about the same age as the kids I heard today. I can not remember the other guys on the row. Frank Hosticka played Eb. We played C trumpets. I know.........not cool!

Working with the young men has inspired me. I am going to start teaching at Colin's Studio in NYC.

Tootsall

Bet their enrolment takes a jump!

bj

hi Wilmer
thanks for the info. The chap who teaches all the kids in the group is my brother. It's good to hear they're playing well.
I was very impressed with the band when I played with them a while back (subbing for the sop player who was due to go away to a european youth band).
That trombone player he has is more than a bit special too isn't he!!
many thanks and all the best
Brian Jones

btw. I apologise for any spelling mistakes, I am sitting in a Las Vegas hotel room trying to view the internet on the room TV - some of the reading involves lot of guess work.

wiseone2

Hi Brian
Ken Jones has a very fine band. They watch and listen, something that professional groups sometime fail to do. And yes, the trombonist was jaw dropping good. He played a flawless version of Czardas........where did he hide the valves
The band stopped those lunchtime New Yorkers in their tracks. I watched them sit down, turn off their cell phones and iPods, and listen to a live un-amplified brass band. The concert was held in Greeley Square, an oasis in Manhattan located in the shadow of the Empire State Building.
The kids were fabulous.
Wilmer