An hour-long music session usually isn\u2019t long enough to change the course of a musician\u2019s career, but for several Wright State University music majors, it only took 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
Wright State\u2019s School of Fine and Performing Arts<\/a> hosted Ashley Hall-Tighe, who recently joined the Canadian Brass, during a guest artist residency on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n \u201cHaving access to someone like Ashley in our building, there are no words,\u201d Kyle Semmelroth, a graduate music student.<\/p>\n Hall-Tighe is the second woman to join the world-renowned Canadian Brass and the first woman to play the trumpet in the chamber group.<\/p>\n \u201cPlaying the trumpet is really about making authentic and genuine connections both through the music and with the audiences, and that\u2019s what Canadian Brass does so well,\u201d said Hall-Tighe.<\/p>\n Hall-Tighe\u2019s residence sessions consisted of 30-minute one-on-one lessons with Wright State students, two masterclass sessions with music majors and a faculty workshop.<\/p>\n Lily Rindler, a first-year music major, said she had been struggling with controlling her air while playing her trumpet and Hall-Tighe was able to help during her lesson.<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems small since it was only a half hour, but when you apply that to practice for days then months then years and it builds a habit and then suddenly your playing has been elevated so much more,\u201d said Rindler.<\/p>\n Semmelroth said even though the lesson was short he would apply what he learned for the rest of his career. \u201cIt was priceless,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Stephen Wadsack, instructor of jazz ensembles in the School of Fine and Performing Arts, was able to attend the one-on-one sessions and he said watching the students transform during their lessons with Hall-Tighe is more than he could have hoped for.<\/p>\n \u201cSeeing Ashley make a really tangible difference in a student\u2019s life just makes it all worth it,\u201d said Wadsack.<\/p>\n Hall-Tighe will perform with the Canadian Brass during a Holiday Pops Concert at the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center in downtown Dayton on Dec. 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wright State music students received individual lessons from Canadian Brass trumpet player Ashley Hall-Tighe during a special guest artist residency. Continue reading