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More Than 100 Posts—A Milestone for Glennstrumpetnotes.com
Just keeping count—I have now posted more than 100 articles on this blog. This is the 102nd. Each one falls into one of 13 categories. “Which category has the most posts?” I wondered. Let’s see:...
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Arcade Mocha Kicks Off Winter Concert at Skyview Junior High in Bothell
As the fans filled the stands in the gym at Skyview Junior High in Bothell, they were entertained by Arcade Mocha, a jazz combo formed by eight students in 2011. People were coming for the Winter...
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Photo Gallery of Winter Concert at Skyview Jr. High in Bothell, 12-12-’12
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Dire Straits: “They don’t give a damn about any trumpet playing band”
Lately, I’ve been listening again to Dire Straits, a British rock band led by Mark Knopfler. Their biggest selling album, Brothers in Arms, has sold over 30 million copies, and their worldwide album...
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Does Rossini’s “Cinderella” Opera from 1817 Play Well in 2013?
On Sunday, 13 January, it was time for my wife and me (opera novices) to be re-introduced to Gioachino Antonio Rossini, the composer whose nickname was “The Italian Mozart.” We were both familiar with...
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Photo Gallery of “Night at the Movies 2013″ Concert at Skyview Jr. High in...
“Sold Out!”–Band and orchestra students at Skyview Jr. High School in Bothell attracted a full house to a special concert on 13 June–movie night! As scenes from various movies flashed across the...
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My Third Year Teaching Beginning Brass at Skyview Jr. High in Bothell
Skyview Jr. High School, Bothell, WA On 16 September 2013, I resumed teaching beginning brass at Skyview Jr. High School (SJHS). Students from three elementary schools come to SJHS for classes from...
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No School Band? New Trumpet Student in Seattle Starts Lessons Anyway
On 6 November 2013, at his home, my 20th trumpet student had his first lesson with me. He’s a fifth grader who recently turned 11 years old. He attends the Morningside Academy, a private, non-profit...
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“Sounds of Winter”—Inglemoor High School Music Concert in Kenmore
On 19 December 2013, the music program presented its “Sounds of Winter” concert in the Inglemoor High School Gymnasium. The Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Concert Choir, Belle Voci, Chamber...
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Four-Band Concert, “Skyview Spring with Tunes and Swing,” in Bothell
On 1 April, four bands from Skyview Jr. High School in Bothell gathered before a gym-full of parents, relatives, and friends to present their “Skyview Spring with Tunes and Swing” concert in the SJHS...
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Beginning My 4th Year with Elementary Bands at Skyview Jr. High, Bothell
I’m back! Lucky me, commencing on 8 September 2014, with the first class of this school year, I get to continue teaching beginning brass students at Skyline Jr. High School in Bothell. Fifth and sixth...
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22nd Trumpet Student—Back to the Basics in Order to Jump Ahead
Shorewood Thunderbirds Grandma knows best—that’s why she sent me an email on 10 November 2014, about starting trumpet lessons with her grandson, a freshman in the band at Shorewood High School in...
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A 2014 Winter Holiday Concert at Inglemoor High School in Kenmore
Mr. Jim Rice conducts IHS Symphonic Band This year’s “Winter Holiday Concert” at Inglemoor High School’s (IHS’s) Performing Arts Gymnasium in Kenmore on 18 December 2014, started with about 30 minutes...
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Scottish Love Story, Sung in Italian, Performed in Canada—Donizetti’s “Lucia...
Royal Theatre, Victoria, B.C., Canada My, oh, my, how they saw love in Scotland and Italy in the early 1800’s! Sir Walter Scott published his novel, The Bride of Lammermoor, in 1819, and Donizetti...
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Tenacious, Motivated 23rd Trumpet Student
Fernwood Elementary School, Bothell For his first lesson at his home in Bothell on 26 February 2015 , my 23rd trumpet student played for me from the instruction book, Progressive Beginner Trumpet by...
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McGinn’s Farewell Elementary School Bands Concert
After 15 successful years as Director of Instrumental Music at Skyview Jr. High School in Bothell, Mr. Shawn McGinn is leaving for California in the coming months. He conducted his final elementary...
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Missing: Trumpet Students at the Annual LIYH Spring Recital in Seattle
As far as I know, I might have been the only trumpeter who attended the Spring Recital hosted by Lessons In Your Home (LIYH) on 20 May at the Woodland Park Presbyterian Church in Seattle. That’s...
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My 28th Trumpet Student—Senior Band Member at Prestigious Washington Middle...
My 28th trumpet student is a cohort—in fact, a Highly Capable Cohort. He lives in West Seattle, but he commutes to Washington Middle School (WMS) on Jackson Street in the Central District, where he is...
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Senior Ensembles Spring Concert, Washington Middle School, Seattle
WMS Concert Band, Ms. Kelly Barr-Clingan introduces Mr. Trimis, Guest Conductor On 14 June, the Senior Ensembles Spring Concert by Washington Middle School (WMS) drew an enthusiastic, standing-room...
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29th Trumpet Student is Law Professor from University of San Diego
You’re a 67-year old law professor at the University of San Diego (USD) with a 56-year old trumpet sitting in your closet. Your parents bought it new for you when you were in about 5th grade in St....
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