Vol. 2 No. 1 (2025): Embodied Practice and Digital Futures: Contemporary Trumpet Research Perspectives

This issue of the International Trumpet Research Journal explores the evolving relationship between embodied instrumental practice and emerging digital futures in contemporary trumpet research. Bringing together empirical studies, autoethnographic research, critical pedagogy, performer interviews, and historical scholarship, the volume addresses how trumpeters learn, practice, teach, and perform in a context shaped by technology, self-regulation, and heightened bodily awareness.

Contributions examine the use of digital tools in Spanish trumpet classrooms, the pedagogical potential of embouchure rehabilitation, long-term self-regulated practice in professional performance, artistic preparation for competitions, and a newly revised critical edition of an eighteenth-century aria. Across diverse methodologies and perspectives, the issue highlights a shared concern: how to integrate technological possibilities without losing the depth of listening, perception, and embodied knowledge at the core of trumpet artistry.

Together, the articles propose a balanced vision in which digital tools, reflective practice, historical awareness, and bodily intelligence coexist as complementary dimensions of contemporary trumpet pedagogy and research.