The key to quality brass performance lies in a player’s daily routine. But… how does a musician construct one efficiently? How long should it take? What should be the primary focus? This clinic discusses the importance of breathing, buzzing, tone development, and technical studies for brass players and how students can implement concepts and exercises through individual and ensemble practice every day.
Target Audience
Band, Instrumental Educators, Brass Ensembles, Brass Majors
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Clinician Info
Joe Mazzaferro
University of the Pacific
Joe Mazzaferro is the Associate Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Professor of Practice in Jazz at the University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music. As a Trumpeter, Educator, and Composer, Mazzaferro is active in the Northern California jazz scene and in demand as a guest artist and clinician across the United States. His 2017 debut release album In Terms Of…, which features saxophonist Jeff Clayton along with special guests, drummer Carl Allen and pianist Donald Brown, peaked at #43 on the JazzWeek Charts and received high praise from jazz critics. He has also gained critical acclaim and has composed and arranged music for his own groups, big band, and orchestra as well as various jazz artists. In 2019, he contributed arrangements to the Smoke Session Record’s release Bird at 100, commemorating the centennial birth of Charlie Parker and featuring alto saxophonists Vincent Herring, Bobby Watson, and Gary Bartz.