The first time Herb Alpert picked up the trumpet, it barely made a sound. But it was that trumpet that soon started doing the talking for the shy 8-year-old boy from the Eastside of Los Angeles. “I ...

Principal Trumpet Manny Laureano is in his 43rd season with the Minnesota Orchestra. Principal Trumpet Manny Laureano is in his 43rd season with the Minnesota Orchestra. Manny grew up in East Harlem ...

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Girls Play Trumpets Too, an organization dedicated to empowering young female musicians, is hosting its first-ever open house on Saturday, March 15 at the New Orleans African American Museum. The free ...

The benefits of group (music) therapy. By Shea Tuttle Our director stepped onto the podium, and the auditorium stilled to an expectant silence. The black sequins on her conducting dress flared in the ...

Self-taught trumpeter Ricardo Lazaro has plenty of reasons to toot his own horn. From the top, the San Antonio teen has been attached to the instrument since he first picked it up around age 6. Most ...

The degree of difficulty was up there, a one-run lead against the heart of the powerhouse Dodgers’ batting order. Throw in the presence of Timmy Trumpet playing Edwin Diaz’s entrance music, “Narco,” ...

A gumbo stew of musical styles ranging from New Orleans zydeco to Maroon 5 pop to Spike Lee film scores will influence the Disneyland attraction soundtrack heard on the Princess Tiana makeover of the ...

Time now for StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative - recording and sharing the stories of service members and their families. Today, a love story that began in a military band. Since the ...

Takuya Nakamura is a Tokyo-born musician who currently lives in New York. He incorporates jazz themes and live trumpet play into his DJ sets, and will be performing at the True/False Film festival.