[Dixielandjazz] The Physicality of Trumpet Playing

[Stephen G Barbone]

Going to be in New Orleans on August 7? You (especially musicians)   
might want to attend this FREE  session. Non musicians may also want  
to attend to hear why it isn't easy to pucker to a mouthpiece or  
strum, or pluck or put a bow to strings or fingers to a keybloard.  
Heck, even drummers have it tough. <grin>



Cheers,

Steve Barbone

www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband





FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 1, 2011


Media Contact: Bethany Bultman - 415-3514

Artists as Athletes: Experts Bring Sports Medicine to Musicians


Satchmo SummerFest Session Learns from Louis’ Style

NEW ORLEANS – Nobody can play with Louis Armstrong’s élan, but  
anyone who has puckered to a mouthpiece or put bow to strings knows  
that playing music is a very physical pursuit. Now, artists are taking  
lessons from sports medicine to pursue their craft safely and with  
better results. Athletes and the Arts, an initiative integrating the  
science of sport and the performing arts, brings that approach to a  
special session in conjunction with Satchmo Summerfest:

Enhance your Satchmo Summerfest experience by hearing the experts  
discuss the physical challenges of playing an instrument, especially  
trumpet, and the ways sports medicine's research about athletes can be  
applied by musicians and other performing artists. Hear from the  
experts, then ask questions and discuss.

What: Louis Armstrong and the Physicality of Trumpet Playing

When: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7

Where: Maison in the Marigny, 508 Frenchmen Street, New Orleans
(just one block from the Satchmo SummerFest festival grounds at the  
Old U.S. Mint)

Who: James Andrews, legendary trumpet player known as “The Satchmo of  
the Ghetto”
Kris Chesky, noted expert in medical issues for performing artists  
Randall Dick, sports injury and safety expert with the American  
College of Sports Medicine
  John Snyder, Grammy-winning producer and music educator, founder of  
the Artist House Foundation.

How: FREE admission

  Co-sponsors French Quarter Festivals, Inc, Athletes and the Arts,  
the Loyola University New Orleans College of Music & Fine Arts, and  
New Orleans Musicians Clinic and Assistance Foundation.