#1. Goin' for Gold
#2. Reflections
#3. What a Ride
#4. Shirl 4-1, and All for Shirl
#5. Bach to the Beginning
#6. Fiesta!
#7. Eyebrows Up
#8. A Minor Reminder
#9. Big Spider-back
#10. 2/2 Tango
#11. Variations on a Theme by Haydn
#12. Flat-tery rewarded
#13. What time is it?
#14. Valse L'Ambiance
#15. Brag-Time
"Performers will no doubt find some of these to be challenging, as I tend to think of etudes and duets as mini-concert works. The main idea is the idea of community and fun, where players can get together and communicate musically and feel reward from the process. I did it all the time when I was a young trumpeter, and it is in the spirit of those fun memories that I created these duets.
Furthermore, I tried to vary them up, with (mostly) different key signatures and different styles, ranging from fanfares to lyrical, and from quasi-Bach to modern Latin music. The intent there is that each page turn reveals a new surprise, and adds to the enjoyment. The last duet is even in the dominant key of the first, in case the players want to just jump right back to the beginning of the book again, and repeat them all!"