I completely agree on all of that!

I took a beating from one regional orchestra guest director in junior high who said I would never be able to play off to the side like I do, so I'm sensitive to this topic. If he were still alive, I'd give him a nice F over high C right now to think about. I was a junior high band director myself once, too, and it's amazing to consider what I might have said to a student that I might regret now. Can't think of anything, but who knows?

Stan, are you on Trumpet Herald?


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