Keith Johnson's former students hold positions in universities, orchestras, and military ensembles in over a dozen countries. In The Art of Trumpet Teaching, his students describe Johnson's teaching approach and tireless work to help each person succeed.

Johnson's former students hold positions in universities, orchestras, and military ensembles in over a dozen countries. In The Art of Trumpet Teaching, his students describe Johnson's teaching approach and tireless work to help each person succeed. Along with Johnson's biography and studio stories, Leigh Anne Hunsaker presents an extensive collection of pedagogical concepts from Johnson's six decades of teaching. Also included are some of his later expositions on the value of music in education, motivation, and the idea of "music as metaphor." Johnson's hallmark pedagogical tenets, along with much practical advice given to his UNT students, provide a teaching and reference handbook for a new generation of teachers and players"--