Is your student in
high school band and can’t play a high C yet??
J
Does he/she have problems with sore lips, notes that won’t come in, or
is he/she getting lip injuries?
J
Braces??
Phil Norris has been a
fixture in the SoCal area as a trumpet teacher and performer for many
years, and has been teaching trumpet since 1983. He teaches the physical
side of the trumpet as well as the musical side. The trumpet being one
of the most physically grueling instruments demands this. He gives a
customized routine for the student to do at home and he also helps with
those who are having embouchure problems whether they’ve developed a bad
habit or having to deal with braces.
On the musical side,
Phil teaches jazz improv, big band lead, how to play in a rock horn
section and even classical style. Of course reading music and help with
the student’s school material is also focused on.
He takes everyone from
ages 10-75 no matter what their level. If your student is willing to
put Phil’s routine to work daily, he/she will achieve great results.
Phil at
work performing with his band...
An accomplished
professional player who started himself in 1967 in his school band
program, Phil came up playing in band all thru his scholastic career,
which included the “Big Brown Music Machine” at Cal State Long Beach.
Add to this the youth bands and drum & bugle corps he grew up with thus
he is all too familiar with the requirements that local school bands
want from students. He studied trumpet with several teachers but stayed
for 24 years with Bob Valle. Bob, an accomplished player/soloist and
former 12 year veteran Claude Gordon student, taught him all about how
the trumpet embouchure really worked and all about the “physical
approach” to playing.
Phil
performing La Virgen de la Macarena with the Long Bach Junior Concert
Band
As a professional player,
Phil is in demand with many bands in the LA, OC and IE area and plays
various California venues from Palm Springs to San Diego to San
Francisco, not to mention out of state events in New York, Chicago, Reno
and Las Vegas. He’s backed acts as the Drifters, Coasters, Freda
Payne, Ink Spots, the Platters, the Shirelles, the Temptations, David
Foster and John Tesh. He’s also played principal trumpet for many pit
orchestra gigs for musicals such as “Annie”, “No No Nannette”, “Anything
Goes”, and “Chicago”, etc. He is currently a performer and soloist with
Zoot Suit Revue, Platinum Groove, Randy Caputo’s “Legends” Showband, and
“Colour My World” a tribute to Chicago. Phil was also a herald/fanfare
trumpeter in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Opening Ceremonies
The Musik Planet is located at 6930
Indiana Ave. Suite One, Riverside, California 92506
Phone 951.329.2264
We are open from 11 am to 8 pm
Monday - Thursday, 11am to 7pm Friday and from 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday
