In life, Scott Sessions was known for his love of music. But after the beloved Colorado musician’s horrific murder nearly four years ago, the fate of his instrument — a Yamaha trumpet — remained ...

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When a mother hit hard times and could no longer afford to pay for her son’s rented instrument, the owner of a Florida music centre saw more than finances, and responded with moving generosity. In a ...

John Packer Musical Instruments has acquired Richard Smith Musical Instruments of Sheriff Hutton, including the globally recognised ...

I was listening to the radio the other day, and heard a song that is in my collection. It’s a song I like, but not for the reason you would suspect. I like it for the brass instrument solo. In many ...

No, the headline isn't just a clever pun. Like John Coltrane and the saxophone, Miles Davis' figure looms large over our ideas about jazz trumpet. The dulcet tones of Kind of Blue and the spaced-out ...

This is the Tromba Marina – an instrument that was popular in medieval and Renaissance Europe and which sounds like literally nothing else we’ve ever heard The ‘marine trumpet’ has one long, thick ...

Brass instruments are notoriously hard to emulate in software, but SampleModeling thinks that it´s hit on a winning formula with The Trumpet. A Kontakt 2 Player-based instrument, this is built around ...

Mount Isa teachers say some students are on a waiting list to receive musical instruments due to an overwhelming demand in the past six months. Strings teacher Yvonne Moore says she believes workshops ...