“Repetition”, Vacchiano teaches, “is the mother of perfection.” Drawing on more than 40 years’ experience as one of the foremost orchestral trumpet players (New York Philharmonic) and teachers (Julliard) of his time, Vacchiano has contrived an ingenious set of 11 routines that challenge every aspect of musicianship and technique.

Each routine is made up of a series of exercises wherein are heard echoes of Wagner, Mahler, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, et al. Vacchiano has artfully created his ...