Vera Hørven (b. 1955) is a trained dentist and administrative data processing candidate from Norway. She was subject to a near fatal automobile accident in 1991. As part of her rehabilitation she picked up her old Conn Victor trumpet, a present from her farsighted parents 27 years earlier, and played herself back to health. She now enjoys performing as a church trumpeter and serving as a cornet teacher for children in school bands.

These etudes were written during her rehabilitation period. She found satisfaction through expressing her emotions by writing and performing these pieces. �Music has the power to heal broken hearts, and to make the joy of victory bloom like a garden�.

It is Vera's wish that you who play these pieces will experience something that may touch your life too: �Make these etudes your own. Choose tempi, and add slurs and dynamics according to your own musical taste. These etudes are yours, now!�

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