Featured Student: Peter Johnson

I'm fortunate to teach some great students right now. One of the hardest things to do is to start a beginning trumpet player and shape his or her abilities. Although I didn't start Peter on the trumpet, he was a beginner to reading music and playing the trumpet. Over the past three years, he has progressed quite nicely. We work out of the
Standard Of Excellence, Book 2 and the First Book of Practical Studies for Cornet and Trumpet.

We just finished a recording project that we wanted to share. Peter recorded both parts to a duet by Palestrina. We recorded it in Garage Band, using the built in mic on his laptop and did some simple mixing and EQing. Peter did a great job. Hope you enjoy.

Peter Johnson is 12 years old and lives in Bronx, New York. He has been playing the trumpet for 6 years. He attends Manhattan East, a gifted school for the arts. At he school, he is in both the concert band and the jazz band.