The Other Side Of The Bell - A Trumpet Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This episode of The Other Side of the Bell, featuring trumpeter, Imani Duhe', is brought to you by Bob Reeves Brass. You can also watch this interview on Youtube.

About Imani:

Imani Duhe’ is a versatile young musician from Atlanta, Georgia, known for her rich, soulful trumpet playing. Starting music at a young age, she’s been surrounded by different styles of music her entire life. Imani has performed regularly with orchestras, chamber ensembles, and in small solo settings as a trumpeter for over 12 years. Through her love for the trumpet and music she also discovered a talent for composing songs, which she performs with her ensembles. Imani has performed on podcasts, in multiple large music venues including the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, and The Walt Disney Concert Hall. She has had the opportunity to play for live televised events and popular music festivals and continues to make her name known as a sought-after musician. She has worked with artists such as Ms. Lauryn Hill, Ani Difranco, Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin, T-Pain, and more. Imani also teaches for the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles as a trumpet instructor and brass specialist and gives master classes around the greater Los Angeles area. Ms. Duhe received her Bachelors from Manhattan School of Music and her Masters at the University of Southern California.

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David Washburn is a Yamaha Performing Artist and serves as Principal Trumpet of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. A much sought-after musician in Los Angeles, he also holds the position of Associate Principal Trumpet of the LA Opera Orchestra. He has served as principal trumpet and soloist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

Active in the recording studio, David has numerous motion picture soundtracks to his credit. He has played principal trumpet for Incredibles 2, Coco, A Quiet Place, Spider-Man Homecoming, War for the Planet of the Apes, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Independence Day – Resurgence, Godzilla, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Karate Kid, Avatar, The Legend of Zorro, Troy, A Beautiful Mind, Windtalkers, The Perfect Storm, Titanic and Deep Impact. He has also been part of the John Williams trumpet section for over 20 years and has performed on the soundtracks of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

David is a member of the faculty at Biola University and Azusa Pacific University. He has held teaching positions at the University of California Irvine, Chapman University, California State University Northridge, California State University Long Beach, University of Redlands, Idyllwild Arts Academy and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

David received his Master of Music, with distinction, from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and his Bachelor of Music from the Thornton Music School at the University of Southern California. His trumpet instructors have included Rob Roy McGregor, Robert Nagel, John Clyman and Joan LaRue.

David has been a featured soloist with many different orchestras, including the Los Angeles, St. Louis, Knox-Galesburg, Hong Kong and California Philharmonics; the Los Angeles, San Diego and South Bay Chamber Orchestras; the Berkeley, Burbank and Glendale Symphonies; and the New York String, University of California Irvine and Pasadena Pops Orchestras. He has also been featured with the New York Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center, as well as at the Santa Fe, La Jolla and Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festivals.

In 2018, David performed the Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 as well as the Telemann, Albinoni and Haydn Trumpet Concertos with the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Knox-Galesburg Symphony.

In the summer, David performs at the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival in Orcas Island, WA; Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, CA; Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival in Menlo Park, CA; and the SummerFest Chamber Music Festival in San Diego. David was also part of the inaugural Chamber Music Festival at the Green Music Center in Sonoma, CA performing Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in 2015.

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Mario Guarneri is our special guest in this episode of our trumpet podcast. Mario teaches trumpet at the San Francisco Conservatory and has held positions with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the L.A. Chamber Orchestra. Mario is also active in jazz performing regularly with his quartet and has 4 albums released to date. Mario is the founder and president of Berp & Company, producer of practice aids and accessories for brass musicians. He also founded the nonprofit Jazz in the Neighborhood that seeks to bring live jazz to the community.

Bob Findley is our special guest on this episode. Bob is one of the most respected and prolific trumpet players in Los Angeles. He has performed on hundreds of studio sessions for radio, television, and the movies. Bob has performed with artists like Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Michael Jackson, and Prince. He is also an in-demand clinician. Bob Findley plays his own signature model Van Laar trumpet.

Eric Miyashiro is the trumpet guest on this episode of The Other Side of the Bell. Eric talks about his early years as lead trumpet player on the Buddy Rich and Woody Herman Big Bands, as well as his current projects in Tokyo, Japan. You can learn more about Eric Miyashiro at www.ericmiyashiro.com. This podcast is proudly brought to you by Bob Reeves Brass (www.bobreeves.com).

This episode features L.A. studio trumpeter and Yamaha performing artist Wayne Bergeron. Wayne discusses how he got his career started and what you need to do to get yours started. He also explains many of the common mistakes trumpet players make that keep them from successfully playing in the upper register.

Charles Schlueter, retired Principal Trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is our special guest on this episode of The Other Side of the Bell. Charlie talks about his long, distinguished career as an orchestral trumpet player.

This episode features trumpet player, educator, author, and vintage mute restorer Roger Ingram. He is best known for being the lead trumpet player on the Jazz at Lincoln Center, Harry Connick, Jr., Maynard Ferguson, Ray Charles, and Woody Herman big bands. He is also known for his 2008 trumpet textbook, Clinical Notes on Trumpet Playing, his vintage brass mute restorations, the Jupiter XO Series 1600I Ingram model trumpet, and the Ingram line of Bb trumpet mouthpieces. Roger talks about how he pieced together the physical and equipment side of trumpet playing at an early age.

This episode features a tribute to the long-time trumpet professor at Indiana University, William "Bill" Adam. Contributors include Chris Botti, Charley Davis, Larry Hall, Jerry Hey, Robert Slack, Dr. Karl Sievers, John Head, Jim O'Banion, Dr. George Tsoutsouris, John Harbaugh, Phil May, David Roth, Mark Minasian, and Greg Wing.