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tonebase Brass Course

The Art of Arranging for the Trumpet

Taught by renowned trumpet player

Caleb Hudson

Creating new works, whether arrangements, transcriptions, or original compositions, provides us with new performance opportunities, challenges our artistic development, and allows us to contribute to the trumpet repertoire. In this detailed course, Caleb Hudson discusses how to start developing your voice as an arranger, what to listen for in music, how to write for specific colors, and more. He shares never-before-heard commentary on the genesis of his latest solo album, Nothing Less, where he arranged music by Corelli, Phillip Glass, and others.

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    Difficulty: 
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Course Syllabus

The Art of Arranging for the Trumpet

Creating new works, whether arrangements, transcriptions, or original compositions, provides us with new performance opportunities, challenges our artistic development, and allows us to contribute to the trumpet repertoire. In this detailed course, Caleb Hudson discusses how to start developing your voice as an arranger, what to listen for in music, how to write for specific colors, and more. He shares never-before-heard commentary on the genesis of his latest solo album, Nothing Less, where he arranged music by Corelli, Phillip Glass, and others.

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Caleb Hudson
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Caleb Hudson

Soloist, arranger, composer, and professor at the Butler School of Music in Austin, Caleb Hudson is widely known for his decade with the Canadian Brass, but his subsequent solo career is turning heads.

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Caleb Hudson

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