This episode does double duty: teaches you all about the trumpet and trumpet playing, while carrying out the secondary mission of Classical Classroom, i.e., the humiliation of the show's host. Trumpet ...

Brian Lynch is happy to announce the launch of a series of unique online trumpet lessons as part of his new recording project featuring Eddie Palmieri, in collaboration with the innovative website ...

When Rodney Marsalis took up the trumpet at age 11, his first teacher was his cousin, the great Wynton Marsalis. Wynton was only 17 at the time, but already was a brilliant musician just a couple of ...

From Henry Purcell to Joseph Haydn, here are some of the best pieces of music ever written for the trumpet. The trumpet is one of our oldest instruments, dating back over 500 years, when it was used ...

Brass players used to be easy to spot. You'd just look out for the biggest, burliest blokes propping up the concert hall bar. But 25-year-old trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth is breaking the mould. Later ...

Varieties of trumpet and mutes. Photo by Dacia Clay. This episode does double duty: teaches you all about the trumpet and trumpet playing, while carrying out the secondary mission of Classical ...