Accent on Performance Light Concert Collection: Trumpet 2 Book

These arrangements strike the balance every director seeks: they're engaging enough to hold students' attention while remaining accessible for intermediate players. The variety across 22 pieces means you can program something for nearly every concert context without reaching for multiple books.

The collection pulls you through an eclectic tour: Latin-American rhythms that make you want to move, folk melodies that feel familiar and comforting, rock grooves that snap with energy, and jazz changes that require attentive listening. As the second trumpet, you're woven into the texture—sometimes in harmony, sometimes doubling the lead, always integral to the sound.

Intermediate trumpet players in concert band settings who are ready to tackle stylistically diverse material beyond classical repertoire. This book works well for students around their second or third year of playing, when they've developed enough technique to handle multiple tonguing patterns and partial muting without getting lost.

• Lock in the rhythm section early in rehearsal. These arrangements often sit on strong grooves, and getting drums, bass, and supporting winds anchored will tighten everything else quickly.
• Balance the melody line against the harmony; as Trumpet 2, you're often supporting rather than leading, so listen across the section to sit just underneath the first trumpet.
• Bring articulation character to the jazz and rock titles. Staccato and legato choices create the personality in these styles, so follow the printed markings closely.

Open a concert with a high-energy arrangement like "Rockin' la Bamba" to set the mood, or scatter individual pieces throughout the program to break up longer classical works. These arrangements also work as encores or as palette cleansers between contrasting sections of your concert.

• Reading jazz and Latin rhythmic notation
• Balancing in a section while supporting the lead trumpet
• Playing swing articulation and rock groove styles with stylistic accuracy
• Responding to dynamic and textural changes across multiple genres