Freddie Jones loves music. He also loves to teach music to the next generation and its that love that has propelled him in the nonprofit space with his Trumpets4Kids organization. “This all started ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – School is done for the day at Almira Elementary, and Brandon is sitting in a chair outside Mr. Paul March’s music room, preparing to practice playing the trumpet. He holds the shiny ...

When the University of Delaware moved to distance learning this spring in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Prof. Mark Clodfelter said he first thought about the limitations this would impose on ...

The trumpet player performs in a four-piece jazz band called Red Umber. But during the week he works as band director at Welborn Academy of Science and Technology in High Point. “I had a trumpet ...

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 ...

A father whose devotion to music prevented his involvement in gun violence in his childhood is offering kids the same shot at success: Turn in your guns for a free trumpet. Shamarr Allen of New ...

Growing up in Uptown New Orleans, Troy Sawyer was always drawn to the rich, brassy music of a second-line band. He loved the bold sound of a trumpet so much that he made it his career. But to Sawyer, ...