Mark Ponzo

Professor of Trumpet, Northern Illinois University

(815) 753-7957
mark@MarkPonzo.com

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Solo Class Lectures

  • Common Performance Issues
  • Buzzing
  • Time Management
  • What I did This Summer
  • Planning your Summer
  • How to Practice
  • Breathing Exercises
  • New Materials - 1999
  • Jury Preparation
  • Fall Questionnaire
  • Job Interviews
  • Wedding Music
  • Preparing your Recital
  • Selecting a New Instrument
  • Sight Reading
  • The Cost of Living
  • Private Teaching Materials
  • New Materials - 2002
  • Necessary Materials
  • Pitch Tendencies
  • Random Pitch Exercises
  • Guest Artist Residencies
  • Low Tone Exercises
  • Long Term Preparation
  • Air Support and Compression
  • Intermediate Solo Collections
  • Organizing your Practice
  • New Materials – 2005
  • Organizational Ideas
  • Letters of Recommendation
  • Set-Up Drills
  • Elements of Performance – Intonation
  • Elements of Performance – General Concepts
  • Elements of Performance – Basic Aspects
  • Warming Up