Scodwell USA just returned from the 2015 International Trumpet Guild Conference (ITG) in Columbus, Ohio. This year’s conference saw over 2000 attendee’s including top professional trumpet players worldwide, university teachers, students and amateurs. We were in the Washington Music Center booth who are the sole distributors for Scodwell instruments worldwide.
Here are some photos we took during the conference:
Ray Vega, leading jazz trumpet player and head of jazz studies at U of Vermont in Burlington, VTBritish trumpet maker Will Spencer's Tee shirt announcing the new product "Flush Mute" for cleaning your trumpetTony Scodwell and Chris Castellanos of the group, "Boston Brass"Hillary Bill, Lee Walkowich and Ralph Bill (former head of Pittsburg Music School program and pro trumpet player playing Scodwell USA trumpets)Tony Scodwell with members of Boston Brass L to R, Domingo Pagliuca (trombone), Tony Scodwell, Chris Castellanos (french horn-trumpet) and Jose Sibaja (trumpet)Charley Davis, Ray Vega and Lee WalkowichCharley Davis, Hubb VanLarr and Tony Scodwell visiting the VanLarr boothWashington Music Center's Lee Walkowich and Terry Warburton, maker of trumpet mouthpieces and accessories.Lee Walkowich (WMC) with Vladislav Lavrik (conductor of Moscow orchestra and former first trumpetTony Scodwell at his booth (Washington Music Center)Tony Scodwell, Scodwell USA trumpets and flugelhorns with Terry WarburtonTony Scodwell, George Schlub, Charlie Davis demonstrating the "Tromba" all plastic trumpetsRay Vega being Ray VegaHillary Bill, Ralph Bill and Tony Scodwell after the purchase of a new instrumentSchagerl artists Venezuela Brass playing in Washington Music Center boothCharley Davis, renowned L.A. Studio trumpet player (Family Guy and The Simpsons) with Chris Castellanos (Boston Brass)Attendance at Scodwell USA booth was helped by additional refreshments offeredVenezuela Brass trumpets demonstrating their Schagerl trumpets at the WMC boothWMC's Lee Walkowich, Tony Scodwell and renowned mouthpiece maker Bob Reeves