I recently finished playing a two-week run of Anastasia, my first Broadway musical in several years. While the book isn’t particularly heavy or high, it does contain quite a bit of underscore and as a result the orchestra is playing throughout most of the show’s 2.5-hour run time. At the end of our third performance, …
So you’re working summer band. You’re a recent grad with your first real job, you’re the new GA for marching program, you’re a college student trying to scrape up some summer cash. Either way, someone is about to stick you in front of a trumpet section and ask you to perform magic. Here’s a quick-start …