The Orchestral Trumpet is a comprehensive book and CD overview of standard orchestral trumpet repertoire. This is a 176 page book covering 90 orchestral works, all with accompanying commentary for each passage detailing practice techniques, performance tips, and historical perspective. Designed to be a complete guide for both preparation and performance of orchestral repertoire, The Orchestral Trumpet also offers essays on relevant topics such as Audition Preparation, Playing Offstage, and Using Different Keyed Instruments. Accompanying this book is a CD containing 67 standard orchestral passages recorded on high-quality, digital audio by the author, Michael Sachs.

New Double Trumpet Concerto Commission

Matthias Pintscher- Chute d’Etoiles
Michael Sachs and Jack Sutte, soloists
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Moest, Conducting

August 25, 2012
World Premiere
Lucerne Festival (Lucerne, Switzerland)

November 8 and 10, 2012
United States Premiere
Severance Hall (Cleveland, Ohio)

November 13, 2012
New York Premiere
Carnegie Hall

March 15 and 17, 2012

World Premiere of Michael Hersch: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conducting
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14 Duets for Trombone and 14 Duets for Trumpet
Edited by Michael Sachs and Joseph Alessi

Released in November 2007 Michael Sachs, Principal Trumpet of The Cleveland Orchestra and Joseph Alessi, Principal Trombone of The New York Philharmonic, have put together a collection of duets based on music by Telemann, Handel, Bach, Boismortier, and Mozart. These pieces are compiled in a unique format which provides for a variety of instrumental combinations. The duos can be played with two trumpets, two trombones, or one of each. In addition, the trumpet or the trombone can play either the top or the bottom part of each piece. This mix-and-match flexibility offers a wide range of technical challenges that should give each player the maximum benefit of playing in a range of keys, registers, and difficulty levels. With some duets, there are optional changes of octaves for better voicing depending on the instrument combination and parts being played by the performers.

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