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| As a
professional trumpet soloist, I am involved in
over 100 weddings every year.
To learn more about how I may help you,
and to receive a FREE demo cassette, please go
the WEDDING
MUSIC
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As
founder of Boston Brass in 1986, I soon arranged
numerous important works for the group to
perform. Many of these were featured on the quintet's first five
recordings.
By choosing music that had, in most every
case, never before been arranged for a brass
quintet, the way was now shown for developing
our unique, individual sound and musical
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having such custom arrangements, it is difficult
for an ensemble like this to distinguish itself
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this day, audiences are still being delighted by
some of the best of these:
CASA LOMA STOMP, by Gene Gifford, one of
the hottest, most flamboyant
"barnburners" from the early 1930's
big band era, has proved itself countless times
to be a constant favorite with audiences; and
TOURNAMENT GALOP, A 19th century tour de force
by the American composer and piano virtuoso
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, is almost impossible to
surpass as a show-stopping opener.
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Boston Signature Series is a library of
arrangements I made with the idea of developing
a uniquely rich brass quintet sound. Several of these were recorded by Boston Brass, and this
series represents the first time I am making
them available for sale to the public.
As the owner and creator of
WADDELL
EDITIONS, it is my pleasure to officially
present The Boston Signature Series.
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are over 40 titles in this series, many of which
are being prepared in their completed format. From time to time new titles will be added and announcements
will be made. |
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purchase these arrangements and hear samples of
some of them, please go to the WADDELL
EDITIONS
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checking this website for the newest releases. |
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| Between
the publication of music for brass quintet and the
recordings I participated in with Boston Brass, there
have been several reviews of these arrangements.
To read some of these please go to the REVIEWS
section. |
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| For a
brief history of my old quintet, through words and
photos, please click on QUINTET
HISTORY. |
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| Private
teaching is another important element of my musical
life. I
currently teach private trumpet students in Boston,
Brookline, West Roxbury, Abington and Milton.
If you are interested in private trumpet lessons
please go to the TRUMPET
LESSONS
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| I
became involved in fitness in June of 1997, when
I decided that I needed to do something to
improve my physical health.
After a year and a half of increasing
activity and enjoyment in these classes, I
passed the AFAA aerobic instructor certification
exams. A
year later I began teaching classes a few nights
per week at the Brookline Adult & Community
Education Program.
To learn more about my involvement as a
fitness professional, please go to the HEALTH
and FITNESS
section; and about these classes, follow the BC&AEP
link. |
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you are interested in reading a little about the
teachers I have studied with, I have a brief TEACHER
TRIBUTE page. |
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contact me regarding music consultations, weddings, or lessons, click
here.
Or to contact me regarding my music or music from the
Quintet, click
here. |
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| *All
photography on this website, except where noted with an
(*), is by Sam Laundon of Natural
Light Studios
in Waltham, MA. |
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