Poets and other writers have often written of springtime as the start of the four seasons, the time of beginning anew, and that of rejuvenation.
Spring is a time of joyous anticipation of the birth and growth of things to come.
I am writing this essay, having just returned from the annual ITG Conference held in Gothenburg, Sweden. East meets West, and the conference was an unprecedented meeting of trumpeters from Eastern and Western cultures. It was a week filled with warm camaraderie. The six days were filled from morning until late at night with almost nonstop concerts, lectures, and master classes. The virtuosity of the invited artists was magnificent, and the broad diversity of their backgrounds included baroque trumpet, symphony orchestra, jazz, bands, brass ensembles, and more.