Piccolo Trumpet Studies

Piccolo Trumpet Studies was written to provide trumpet students with easy to moderately difficult practice material.  While it is tempting to plunge into Bach's Brandenburg Concerto, Magnificat, or B Minor Mass, it's good to remember that range and endurance are developed slowly one note at a time.

The goal is a focus on control, tone, ease of playing, and intonation with the same security expected on the larger trumpets.  Improvement does not happen overnight and requires consistent practice with adequate rest.  Short etudes are more conquerable than those that are lengthy and too difficult. Hopefully, this book will challenge players of all levels to increase comfort and confidence.

Philip Collins retired in 2007 after 31 years as Principal Trumpet with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Prior to that he was Principal Trumpet with the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa, Canada, and a member of the Cleveland Orchestra. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music.