This book is built around interviews that Luis E. Loubriel conducted with Vincent Cichowicz and his most successful disciples over thirteen years, woven together with Loubriel’s own analysis, and organized according to the central themes of Cichowicz’s methodology.

    Although Cichowicz developed no rigid, one-size-fits-all system - indeed, his special talent was for custom tailoring his teaching to the needs of each student - certain fundamentals tenets informed all of his teaching.

    This book memorializes those tenets through the words of the master himself and some of his exemplary proteges. As such, it represents a significant contribution to contemporary understandings of trumpet pedagogy, and brass pedagogy in general.

Read what famous teachers and Players said about Back to Basics for Trumpeters:

“This book is a must read for any ambitious trumpeter. I think it is wonderful how all facets of Vincent’s teaching have been incorporated. It is like a whole college course on trumpet with Vincent. Vincent was a master teacher and I am so glad Luis E. Loubriel has made his teachings available to generations of trumpeters to come.”

    Frank Kaderabek, Former Principal Trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra

                                Trumpet Faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music

“What a wonderful job Luis E. Loubriel has done in bringing Professor Cichowicz’s brilliant teaching and his warm and generous personality to life. I can hear Cichowicz’s supportive and gentle voice as I read on. This will be one of the ‘must reads’ for performance and especially future music educators here at the Butler School of Music, The University of Texas at Austin.”

    Ray Sasaki, Professor of Trumpet - Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor         in Fine Arts, The Butler School of Music, The University of Texas at Austin.