
Leah Schuman,
trumpet
Check out the "VanderTrumpets" performing.
Here are a few videos of VanderCook trumpet students and faculty performing over the years.
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Dr. Schuman and Dr. Schmuck perform two songs by Florence Price
This short video shows how to use "Strength Builders" to gradually build the strength of the embouchure musculature.
Dr. Schuman performs H.A.VanderCook's trio "Aces in the Air" with C.S.O. trumpeter John Hagstrom and Erik Lillya.
This video shows how to address many different articulation issues at all levels of playing using a simple step-by-step process I like to call the "Five-Step Articulation Fixer."
Dr. Schuman performing the Neruda Concerto with the Quito Municipal Band in Quito, Ecuador
Dr. Schuman performs Jules Levy's Grand Russian Fantasia
with the Joliet Central High School Concert Band
The VanderCook concert and performs Ticheli's Angels in the Architecture at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Convention
Dr. Schuman playing Libby Larsen's Fanfare for the Women for unaccompanied trumpet in October, 2020 for VanderGiving Faculty Recital