How To Play Trumpet in 23 Easy Lessons is a beginning method written by a respected author and educator Denise Gendron. Denise has been teaching instrumental music since 1976, specializing in early grade studies and has also written an instruction series for strings and received the NSOA Director of the Year Award in 1994. Santorella’s How To Play Trumpet is part of a series of method books for brass and reed instruments intended for private study or group lessons. Each page contains a “Band Booster” which can be played individually or by an ensemble of any combination of trumpet, clarinet, flute, alto sax, trombone, or baritone horn. This methodical approach is not only for early grade beginners, but young adults as well. One thing is for sure, with careful practice, repetition, and commitment these 23 lessons are guaranteed to get you on the right track. “Playing Trumpet has never been so easy!”