John Ellis

I just finished three wonderful weeks working with young trumpet students, first at the Music For All Summer Symposium at Ball State University in Muncie Indiana, and then at our own Crane Youth Music.  It’s always an inspiration spending time with young players.  Their enthusiasm and energy is so motivating!
Summertime for many of us means [...]

Summer is finally here!  That means warm weather, local veggies, long walks with the dogs, playing long tones on my deck.  It also means some exciting summer events are happening.
June 20-24th I will be teaching at the Music For All summer symposium on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie Indiana, sponsored by Yamaha. [...]

Capital BrassWorks performed a concert at the Brockville Ontario Arts Centre November 27, 2010. Here we are on stage with our Yamaha trumpets. Everything from piccolos to flugelhorns. From the front – Steve van Gulik, Karen Donnelly, Amy Horvey, John Ellis

Well, another year of Crane Youth Music is over. Every year I am amazed how much fun I have. It is so great to work with young, bright, and talented students. And this year was no exception. Thirty wonderful trumpet players from all over New York. We had a great trumpet ensemble, fantastic concerts, enthusiastic [...]

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