Reviews, Articles & Publications

 

REVIEWS:

• International Trumpet Guild® Book Reviews,Hasselbring, Chris and Kirsty Montgomery. Around the World in Twenty-One Trumpets—A Brass Odyssey: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Fundamentals of Brass Playing Using the Natural Trumpet. (March 2019), Amanda Pepping
  
• Historic Brass Society Book Reviews, Brass for Beginners - Website/Curriculum Review (October 2018), Jeffrey Nussbaum.
• Historic Brass Society Book Reviews, Hasselbring and Montgomery: Around the World in Twenty-One Trumpets (December 15, 2017), Jeffrey Nussbaum.

ARTICLES:

• Brass Band World, Discovering Brass for Beginners (February 2018), Clair Tomalin
• QA Education, Brass for Beginners (January 2017)
• Music Teacher, Natural Learning (December, 2016), John Wallace and Rhian Morgan. (London, Rhinegold Publishing, 2016)
• International Trumpet Guild® Blog, Chris Hasselbring and Kirsty Montgomery present “The Natural Trumpet: Why Bother?” (November 2015)
• Music Institute of Chicago Blog, MIC Trumpeters on the Road and in the Schools (April 2015)
• International Trumpet Guild® Journal, Intersecting History and Pedagogy: Using the Natural Trumpet to Teach Beginning Brass Students (March 2015), Bruce Briney and Kirsty Montgomery.
• Hearing Shofar Blog, Shofar calls are part of the Brass for Beginners Curriculum (December 2014), Michael Chusid.

PUBLICATIONS:

• Chris Hasselbring & Kirsty Montgomery. Around the World in Twenty-One Trumpets: A Brass Odyssey. US Edition, Vol. 1.  (Skokie, IL, 2017) 

 

• Chris Hasselbring & Kirsty Montgomery. Around the World in Twenty-One Trumpets: A Brass Odyssey. UK Edition, Vol. 1. (Skokie, IL, 2017) 

 

• Chris Hasselbring & Kirsty Montgomery. Brass for Beginners: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Fundamentals of Brass Playing Using the Natural Trumpet. Vol. 1: Prehistory to Classical Antiquity. Instructor Copy. (Skokie, IL, 2015).

• Chris Hasselbring & Kirsty Montgomery. Brass for Beginners: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Fundamentals of Brass Playing Using the Natural Trumpet. Vol. 1: Prehistory to Classical Antiquity. Student Copy. (Skokie, IL, 2015).

 

• Chris Hasselbring & Jack Hasselbring. "Brass for Beginners: A Pre-Band Primer Using the Natural Trumpet" (Evanston, IL, 2009).

 

• Chris Hasselbring & Jack Hasselbring. Brass for Beginners: An Introduction to Brass Playing Using the Natural Trumpet" (Evanston, IL, 2011). 

 

 

• Chris Hasselbring & Jack Hasselbring. "Brass Playing for Beginners: A Method For Learning the Basics of Playing Brass Instruments Using a Natural Trumpet" (Evanston, IL, 2008).

 

• Chris Hasselbring & Jack Hasselbring. Hose Horn for Beginners: A Method For Learning the Basics of Brass Playing Using a Natural Trumpet Pitched in "C." (Evanston, IL, 2007).