[TPIN] C tpt design/choice

[David Adams]

On Mar 28, 2007, at 5:02 AM, Glenn Bengry wrote:
> Does anybody here know people who were COERCED into playing a Bach?
> A professional player described the difference between the new  
> Yamaha C and his Bach
> this way: " The Yamaha plays easy and even.  I'd use it on an  
> audition.  But it doesn't have any soul.
> When I want a real sound I play my Bach."



While there might not be any overt coercion going on, there is  
certainly a constant subtle pressure to conform to the "Bach" sound  
and play a Bach trumpet.  I think that attitude may be changing a  
bit, and I look forward to hearing more about some of the players who  
are willing to explore something a bit different.  Don't throw  
brickbats, but don't most of you think that symphony orchestras in  
general sound a lot more alike these days than they used to?  Please  
don't get me wrong - as there are many fabulous symphonic trumpet  
players out there, and I love the sound - but the distinctions are  
not as varied as they used to be, it seems to me.  I am thinking of  
my old teacher, Roger Voisin, for example.  An incredible talent by  
any measure, and yet I am pretty sure he wasn't playing a Bach until  
rather late in his career.  His sound when he was principal in Boston  
was very distinctive, and it certainly didn't lack "soul."  I would  
really enjoy some more of that variety in the American symphonic  
world, and would love to hear some of your thoughts on this.  Most of  
us probably know guys who would love to play something different than  
a Bach C but don't because they want to stay in the fold.  (BTW, I  
love my new Yamaha Chicago C :-)
>

David B. Adams
Palo Alto Unified School District
Director, Foothill Symphonic Winds
www.windband.org/foothill