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Trumpet player Tony Cross
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Introduction

Introduction

Discover how Tony Cross became a professional trumpet-player. 

From starting out on the drums as a child, to playing the trumpet with the Bergen Orchestra in Norway, and with Britten Sinfonia on David Horne's Emerging Dances.

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Starting out and choosing the trumpet

Side view of Tony Cross playing trumpet

Tony Cross descibes his earliest musical experiences, and what led him to take up the trumpet as his main instrument

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Articles

Articles
Trumpet keys

Trumpet-player Tony Cross describes his love of contemporary music

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Trumpet mouthpiece

Trumpet-player Tony Cross describes the pleasures and pitfalls of being a freelance musician

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Abram Wilson

Trumpet-player Abram Wilson discusses the crossing over of classical music and jazz - a fusion that occurs more commonly than is popularly thought

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LearningTrails
Tony Cross discusses improvising, the Alexander Technique and how got started on the trumpet

Tony Cross discusses improvising, the Alexander Technique and how got started on the trumpet

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Trumpet players Abram Wilson and Tony Cross talk about the trumpet. A look at tuning, valves, transposition and great trumpet players of the past.

Trumpet players Abram Wilson and Tony Cross talk about the trumpet. A look at tuning, valves, transposition and great trumpet players of the past.

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