Trumpet Lessons
Description : 22 Oct, 2023
Hailed as one of Canada’s top lead trumpet players, Jim Murray has been actively playing and teaching in the professional music scene for over 30 years. Guido Basso recently stated about Jim “We have another Arnie in our midst” referring to Arnie Chycoski who was celebrated as one of the top three lead trumpet players on the planet.
Jim’s musical career has seen him play with a number of trumpet greats including Doc Severinsen, Bobby Shew, Allen Vizzutti, Chris Jaudes, Marvin Stamm, Andrea Tofanelli, Guido Basso, Jens Lindemann, Jeff Tyzik, Byron Stripling, Dominic Spera, Gary Guthman, Adam Rapa, Ingrid Jensen, Sean Jones, and Chase Sanborn.
He has performed lead trumpet with many professional musical theatre productions in and around Calgary such as the National Broadway Tours of: “Beautiful - The Carole King Musical” , “Book of Mormon” , “Wicked” , “Mary Poppins” , “Billy Elliot”, and “Chorus Line” / Theatre Calgary’s: “ Billy Elliot” , "Crazy for You“ , "Mary Poppins” , “Cats” , “Drowsy Chaperone”, and “The Full Monty” / Stage West’s “ A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” , “World Goes ‘Round” , and “Spamalot”.
He has performed lead trumpet in concert with many, including: Nikki Yanofsky, Josh Groban, Jann Arden, Petula Clark, Diana Krall, The Temptations, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Paul Wertico, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra POPS shows, Mocking Shadows, and The Calgary Stampede’s Grandstand Orchestra. Jim is a regular on lead trumpet with one of Canada’s top big bands, Prime Time Big Band.
You can also hear Jim play on various recordings, including: Jann Arden’s “Uncover Me”, Prime Time Big Band's "Live at the Ironwood" , Deanne Matley’s Christmas “Get in the Mood”, Ellen Doty’s “Live at The Station EP”, Prime Time Big Band’s “…For Our Friends” , Heebee-Jeebees’ “Heebee-Jeebee TV” and in the Corey Lee film “Legend of a Warrior”. In addition, you can hear Jim play at Ironwood Stage and Grill every 2nd Saturday with Prime Time Big Band.
Jim is honoured to be endorsed by Yamaha Canada as a Yamaha Performing Artist and is an Endorsing Artist of Wedge Mouthpieces
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Over his 35+ years of studying trumpet, Jim has had the privilege of working with and continues to work with the best of the best, world renowned players such as Wayne Bergeron, Allen Vizzutti, Bobby Shew, and Paul Baron, just to name a few. He is extremely active as a clinician in and around Calgary for all school districts and is a Trumpet Instructor at Mount Royal University, in addition to teaching private students at his home studio.
PRIVATE LESSONS TAUGHT IN HOME STUDIO LOCATED SE CALGARY OR ONLINE 45min in length – $50 1 hour in length – $65 LESSONS FOCUS ON GENERAL PLAYING SKILLS, SOUND PRODUCTION, ENDURANCE, RANGE, SIGHT-READING, LEAD/SECTION WORK, AND ABOVE ALL, MUSICALITY.
WWW.JIMMURRAY.CA
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