Ashley Jackman, head technician at The Music Place in Melbourne, recently completed the Straubinger Pad Certification Workshop in Indianapolis, USA.  This intensive course is exclusively for experienced repair technicians, and

Harry Connick Jnr's band is made up of a group of the finest musicians you will ever see and hear. Rob Slowik has recently taken over the lead trumpet "book" from Roger Ingram who has been a mainstay of Harry Connick's work for many years.

This article is the second in a series of articles on examination preparation. Preparing for an Exam Part 1 can be found here. If you have followed the suggestions in the previous article you should be well prepared.

Detroit Michigan trumpet pro Tim Priddy, spent the day with David Temby in February 2010 and ended up loving the Temby Custom Cryo trumpet so much that he purchased it. Here is what Tim had to say about his new trumpet: