Reframe and Redirect – A More Thoughtful Way to Practice

I had some fun writing this for Trumpet Magazine Online, a publication that has most of its following in Europe. I thank my students both in my T5 Mastercourse and the New England Conservatory and their hard work, which reminded me of these lessons – I often need to remind myself that they work for me too!.

Mar 8, 2022

Written by Ben Wright

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