“After teaching hundreds of trumpet players and witnessing their struggles, I can say with certainty that the majority of young and new players are going about it all wrong, at no fault of their own. My hope is that this website will fill that void with reliable trumpet information and encourage those who play the instrument to be well-informed.”
About Trumpet Headquarters
meet estela aragon
Well hello there! I am the CEO/Founder of the Trumpet Headquarters, as well as a professional trumpet player in Austin, TX. I also own the MusicFit Academy trumpet studio, which is a face-to-face private lesson program. Basically, I teach a lot…and I love it. I’ve been playing for almost 20 years and have taught over 5,000 trumpet lessons, and counting!
About 4 years ago while doing my Masters degree I really started to spend time studying trumpet pedagogy, and coming up with innovative ways to teach trumpet and music in general. It wasn’t long before I started my own studio and it was the best decision I ever made. Today, I am a successful full time private trumpet instructor and my job is super fun. Members of my studio quickly advance in chair placements at their schools, win auditions into county/state honor bands and are accepted into college music programs. My students occupy 1st chairs in their local youth symphonies, compete in concerto competitions and excel in summer programs, not to mention they somehow manage to be valedictorians! While I’m not at home teaching, you can find me doing master classes at schools.
Eventually I ran into a small problem. See the thing is, the week only has so many hours. Kids have so much to do nowadays, that finding a common day to teach lessons can be difficult when the only slot is Wednesdays at 5-5:30. I soon found myself turning down perfectly wonderful people because of time conflicts. That’s when I figured it out. That’s when I decided this website needed to happen and it had to be massive and overflowing with information. So I set out on a very long path to create this site. Learn from the extensive amount of free content or become a member and access the full THQ Trumpet Lessons Online program, the choice is yours. I created this for you and I do hope it will help you.
Fist bump,
E.A.
Estela Aragon received her B.M from the University of Tampa and M.M in Trumpet Performance from The University of South Carolina School of Music. She plans on pursuing a D.M.A in Music & Human Learning in 2019. Her former teachers include Aric Brian (professor of trumpet at the University of Tampa and active freelance musician), James Ackley (former Principal of the Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra and internationally acclaimed solo artist) and world renowned trumpeter Allen Vizutti.