Teaching
Lessons Available
With almost 30 years of college teaching at Northern Michigan University and Western Illinois University Dr. Cooper has built a career teaching others music. Lessons are available In the following topics: Jazz History, Jazz Improvisation, Music Production and Video editing, Engraving with Finale, Composition and Arranging, Electro-acoustic sound design, trumpet performance, jazz lessons on every instrument.
Engraving With Finale
Beautiful Looking Parts
"Making great looking parts is quick and easy with Finale, however, the program needs your help. There are some style elements that help make your music beautiful and easy to read that the program will not do automatically. Learning a few quick formatting tricks will help your parts look professional."
Dr. Cooper worked as a professional engraver in New York City for the music publishing industry and taught music engraving and composition at Western Illinois University. Zoom Lessons are available to show you the tips and tricks to quick beautiful engraving.
Trumpet Lessons
Jazz and Lead Trumpet Lessons
Cooper has performed as a professional trumpet artist for more than 45 years and been a professional college trumpet teacher for nearly 30 years. "My philosophy for playing trumpet is to develop an effortless approach, without tension to enable the student to make progress safely and quickly." Cooper has studied with Bobby Shew, Jon Faddis, Clark Terry, Gordon Stump, and Johnny Trudell, and performed with Many jazz and trumpet greats including: Alan Vizutti; Mike Vax; Leroy Jones; Jon Faddis; Marvin Stamm; Carl Fontana; Clark Terry; Bobby Shew. Cooper has also performed with the following national touring acts including Aretha Franklin, Bob Hope, The Four Freshmen, The Four Lads, Mitzi Gaynor, Henny Youngman, Lola Falana, Roger Williams, Rosemary Clooney, Jerry Lewis, The Temptations, Rich Little, Joan Rivers, The Four Tops, The Spinners, Tony Orlando and Dawn, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, The Henry Mancini Orchestra, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and Lou Rawls.
Cooper's students have received graduate assistantships to study at some of the nation's leading institutions including: The University of Miami, North Texas State Universtity, The University of Illinois