Improve Your Trumpet Mouthpiece or Skill?
When your trumpet skills are not improving, how do you know if the trumpet mouthpiece is the problem—or if the issue lies elsewhere? In this interview, Denis Wick Director of Marketing Mary Galime shares her personal journey with trumpet mouthpieces, including a time when switching equipment did nothing, and the moment when the right mouthpiece completely transformed her playing.
She joins Dr. Jason Sulliman (Troy University Associate Professor of Trombone and Facial Stability Clinician) to discuss how sound, technique, endurance, and confidence all connect to your equipment—and what to consider before reaching for a new mouthpiece.
Unlocking Trumpet Skills with the Right Mouthpiece
🎺 Watch to learn:
- When a mouthpiece can solve a performance issue
- When it won’t
- How to recognize the difference
- Why sound concept should guide your choices
Dr. Jason Sulliman is an innovative brass teacher who combines principles from kinesiology and cognitive science to rethink pedagogy in the 21st-century. He is one of the world’s leading experts on facial stability and embouchure rehabilitation and is in constant demand as a clinician and consultant with professional woodwind and brass musicians all over the world. Recent presentations and guest appearances include the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, The Juilliard School, the Eastman School of Music, TMEA, The International Trumpet Guild, and the International Trombone Festival. Currently, Jason is Associate Professor of Trombone at Troy University, Trombone Tutor for the North American Brass Band Summer School in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Brass Pedagogy Specialist for the Alpha Institute in Kingston, Jamaica. Learn More about Dr. Jason Sulliman: https://www.jasonsulliman.com/
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