Alfred Music Announces the Highly Anticipated Release of Suzuki Trumpet

The International Suzuki Association’s Brass Committee and Alfred Music are thrilled to announce a new Suzuki instrument series! The first volume of Suzuki Trumpet is now available for purchase. The recordings are available for teaching and practice purposes on SmartMusic. They are also available for download on media.alfred.com and will soon be available via iTunes and Amazon. Hudson, from the Canadian Brass, is the recording artist for this first volume, and he is accompanied by Michael Schneider. The International Suzuki Association’s brass committee has worked diligently over the last several years, and we are incredibly grateful for their hard work.

Trumpet Volume 1 Features: Engravings in a 9” x 12” format • Introduction and general information regarding the trumpet • Preparatory Exercises • Tonalizations • Pieces • Musical Terms and Signs • Music Notation Guide • Fingering Chart • First exercises on the Trumpet • Pieces and tonalizations • Glossary of terms and signs • Musical notation guide • Fingering chart • Photos • CD with recordings by Caleb Hudson accompanied by Michael Schneider, as well as piano accompaniments recorded without the trumpet part.

Trumpet Volume 1 Titles: Let’s Begin (Traditional) • French Tune (Traditional) • Stroll Along (Traditional) • Come and Play (Traditional) • Mary Had a Little Lamb (Traditional) • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Folk Song/Suzuki) • Lightly Row (Folk Song) • Old MacDonald (Traditional) • Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) • Are You Sleeping, Brother John? (Traditional) • Long, Long, Ago (Bayly) • May Song (Folk Song) • French Folk Song (Folk Song) • Ode to Joy (Beethoven) • Amazing Grace (Traditional) • Allegretto (Diabelli) • It Jingles So Softly (Mozart) • Minuet (Roman) • O Come, Little Children (Folk Song) • Perpetual Motion (Suzuki) • Prelude (Charpentier) • Clog Dance (Traditional) • Song of the Wind (Folk Song) • Allegro (Suzuki).

Suzuki Trumpet Volume 1 is available in multiple formats and prices at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com/suzukitrumpet.

Book & CD (00-47778) $19.99 | Book (00-47779) $8.99 | Accompaniment Book (00-47783) $8.99 | Performance/Accompaniment CD (00-47780) $15.99.

Learn more at alfred.com/suzukitrumpet