March 2025
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Let’s Play

New Jersey Symphony musicians share pro tips for budding instrumentalists of all ages.


Violin

Learn from the New Jersey Symphony’s Brennan Sweet

 

New Jersey Symphony Associate Concertmaster Brennan Sweet shares pro tips for beginning violin players. Learn about posture, hand positions, string crossings, warm-up exercises, tuning, keeping the beat, taking care of your instrument, bowing techniques and shifting.


Viola

Learn from the New Jersey Symphony’s Christine Terhune

 

New Jersey Symphony violist Christine Terhune shares pro tips for beginning viola players. Learn about posture, hand positions, holding the viola, string crossings, shifting and vibrato.


Oboe

Learn from the New Jersey Symphony’s Andrew Adelson

 

The New Jersey Symphony’s Andrew Adelson shares pro tips for beginning oboists. Learn about the instrument, reeds, embouchure, articulation and more.


Bassoon

Learn from the New Jersey Symphony’s Mark Timmerman

 

New Jersey Symphony bassoonist Mark Timmerman shares pro tips for beginning bassoon players. Learn about assembling the bassoon, proper position, articulation and more.


Trumpet

Learn from the New Jersey Symphony’s Anderson Romero

 

New Jersey Symphony Assistant Principal Trumpet Anderson Romero shares pro tips for beginning trumpet players. Learn about the instruments of the trumpet family, posture, embouchure, articulation, tone quality, breathing and warmup exercises and more.