The Singing Trumpet

Peter Bond, longtime principal trumpet player for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, brings a unique vantage point to this comprehensive book. A revolutionary approach to airflow and resonance gives trumpet players greater projection with less strain by transforming their tone production through analogies with singing and speech. As he notes, "For 28 years, I've observed the world's greatest opera singers. Without histrionic breathing or red-faced straining, they can fill the 3800-seat Metropolitan Opera House with magnificent sound. Some can overpower a 100-piece orchestra. I began to think, ‘We brass players are taught to blow, but what if instead we use our air and the resonance of our body more like opera singers?'"