Bjørn Strandvold was accompanists on piano in the masterclasses.

J. N. Hummel, Trumpet Concerto, 1. Movement

• pitch
• make choices of style, fanfare motif, but to much
• play soft, then raise the volume
• think of the first note
• do not hurry, love those notes,
• stay right with the music in time

Hagerup Bull, Trumpet Concerto, 1. Movement

• very good, even sound nice upper and lower register
• do not cripple your fingers, use finger tips
• maybe play a little bit softer in a smaller room
• to play soft in the high register you have to practice it

• played all from memory, impressing
• not many markings
• maybe put in some fermatas
• think slow when you pick a tempo, think it "down"
• make the piece yours
• make patterns clear
• stretch out in lyrical parts
• make the jump-notes big, air on note before jump

• stay with feet apart
• use fingertips on valves
• play after me - a complete steady sound
• to hear the clicks, loose the caps and play banging with the fingers in a rhythmic fashion
• don't hook the 4^th finger
• Dokshizer: two types of music, dance and march, this is a dance (Allen takes some dance steps)
• play louder - Allen walks to the end of the room - play to me

• excellent, only have small comments
• beautiful opening
• at the end, don't play pp
• the first note (muted), more attack
• at your stage, start thinking recital: play 5 such pieces in a row

• made a nice ending - a good habit
• lift mouthpiece of to get fresh blood
• practice triple tonguing
• Bietch etudes good practice for this piece

• The player wants comment on the piece: A.V. makes a lot of sense - great!
• Communicating - that is the main thing
• Technical: from C up to G, use breath accent

• take a deep breath, play start
• do it a couple of times, make it softer
• make the first note mf, then p
• play long phrases in practice room, in concert divide that into two
• you played well for the audience, so even if you were nervous you managed

• Good! Difficult piece.
• Make it softer (play into stand) without loosing
• Vibrato can get you gentleness
• Not soft but "impression soft", don't play to soft, maybe later
• Quick notes too pushed

• Wow! great effort, nice attacks
• Interpretation good
• Recital loudness, choose

• play this for me: TA (attack)
• first note, make it nice
• DA - DA on longer notes, play slurred
• Play it legato
• Experiment with teeth opening
• Tongue must move fast, or it will change the syllable

• What is the piano doing here?
• Take your time, don't hurry
• Upper note too flat, Allen test instrument (C trumpet), it's ok

Desenseclose, Incantation, (Threne et dance)

• great
• not so soft with cup mute

• start over again
• good in allegro part
• you did it
• nice trumpet sound
• maybe find another smaller piece
• Allen plays together with student - much better

• don't hold setting, lift off, breathe
• downstream players, put music stand lower
• Breathe! Student: I'll have to learn it! Allen: No, you can do it now. If I pushed you into the swimming pool you would.

• Stiff lips what to do? Avoid extreme dynamics. Add tonguing to slurs.
• Like to hear the pitch more (longer on dotted notes)
• Play a little more out in the starting

• low D and low C#
• Have you heard Thibaud play it? Man he plays free!
• Take liberties here
• I like when persons put in their own