Rob Roy McGregor's Audition and Performance Preparation for Trumpet; Orchestral Literature Studies, Volume 4
Orchestral Excerpts and exercises on the following:
Bach, J. S. - Christmas Oratorio
Debussy, Claude - Nocturnes
Strauss, Richard - Till Eulenspiegels lustig Streiche
Scriabin, Alexander - Le Poéme de L' Extase
Stravinsky, Igor - Symphonie de Psaumes
Bizet, Georges - Carmen, Prelude to Act I
Gershwin, George - Piano Concerto in F Practice Etude
Tchaikovsky, P. I. - Le Chocolat, from Nutcracker
Copland, Aaron - Outdoor Overture
Eighteen American Trumpeters' Reflections on Auditioning and Working in Today's Orchestras:
David Bilger, Principal Trumpet, Philadelphia Orchestra
John DeWitt, Principal Trumpet, Houston Symphony
Glenn J. Fischthal, Principal Trumpet, San Francisco Symphony
Armando Ghitalla, Former Principal Trumpet, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Mark Gould, Principal Trumpet, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York City
Donald Green, Associate Principal Trumpet, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Stephen Hendrickson, Principal Trumpet, National Symphony, Washington D.C.
Frank Kaderabek, Former Principal Trumpet, Phildelphia Orchestra
Don McComas, Associate Principal Trumpet, Philadelphia Orchestra
Tim Morrison, Co-Principal Trumpet, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Michael Sachs, Principal Trumpet, Cleveland Orchestra
Charles Schlueter, Principal Trumpet, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Susan Slaughter, Principal Trumpet, St. Louis Symphony
Philip A. Smith, Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic
Thomas Stevens, Principal Trumpet, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Jim Thompson, Principal Trumpet, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Donald R. Tison, Principal Trumpet, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
William Vacchiano, Former Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic
In addition to the excerpts themselves there are a series of exercises that apply Jimmy Stamp concepts to practicing these excerpts. Roy Poper's book, Commentaries on the Brasswind Methods of James Stamp, on Jimmy Stamp best explains the ideas behind the Stamp Book.
