This daily Warm-up is just a simple method of daily work that, with your imagination and creativity, you can vary the exercises according to your needs.
The exercises in this book can make you very tired in the first week or so – this is why it is absolutely necessary to take a break between the exercises. The days that I am busy playing I do not complete this book, only I play the exercises that are going to make me ready to play.
Remember that this method has two goals; for one side can be a warm up and from the other side a routine to improve the aspects that we need to build to play our instrument. The exercises to warm-up are very subjective for each of us but I do recommend select exercises in a medium dynamic and register.
The exercises that you will see in the beginning are related to the sound quality. Using different tools we can improve our sound quality in all the registers and also we will improve our technique and musical sense. Your endurance will improve and also the way of playing the exercise.
The amount of time to complete this book can vary. One major piece of advice that I can give you is to think about practicing for tomorrow. Look for overall progress, instead of perfection today. Repeating the exercises only will make you more tired.
Mr. Urretxo is currently Principal Trombonist of the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra. He joined the orchestra in September 2004 after serving as Principal Trombonist of the Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestra for six months in the same year.
A native of Basque Country, Spain, Unai Urretxo was awarded the Maximum Award of Trombone Performance for Medium-grade and Superior-grade degrees from the San Sebastian Music Conservatory in 1995 and 2000. As a recipient of 2000 and 2001 Diputacion Foral de Guipuzcoa scholarship, a study abroad grant Spain, Mr. Urretxo completed his study at Boston University and earned his Performance Diploma in 2004. His teachers include Alberto Urretxo, Francisco Rosario, Scott Hartman and Ronald Barron. As an educator, Mr. Urretxo has served on the faculty of the Arrasate Musical Music School, the Onati Musika Eskola and has conducted trombone seminars and appeared in educational performances in the US, Spain, Brazil, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
In addition to winning Boston University’s 2003 Concerto/Aria Competition, Mr. Urretxo has appeared as a soloist with the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Korean Wind Symphony Orchestra, Bilbao Symphonic Wind Band and Arrasate Musikal Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Urretxo was previously a member of the Euskadi Brass (Spain), The Commonwealth Brass Quintet (Boston, MA), and The New England Trombone Quartet (Boston, MA).
As an orchestral musician, Mr. Urretxo has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Basque National Symphony Orchestra, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Cantata Singers Orchestra, Emmanuel Music Orchestra, Spoleto Festival Orchestra and Brockton Symphony Orchestra. He has also been a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in 2001 and 2002, and was selected by the European Union Youth Orchestra in 2001. Mr. Urretxo has worked under the baton of Seiji Ozawa, Robert Spano, James Colon, Kurt Masur, Robert Abbado, Andre Previn and Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos.
