About
Australian trumpeter Josh Rogan is the former Associate-Principal Trumpet of the Auckland Philharmonia in New Zealand, and is currently freelancing in Germany.
He is a truly international musician, having performed in venues such as the Sydney Opera House, Australia; Royal Albert Hall, United Kingdom; Walt Disney Concert Hall, United States of America; Royal Concertgebouw, Netherlands; Shanghai Concert Hall, China; and the Berlin Konzerthaus, Germany. He has also performed with a number of highly renowned ensembles, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and the Principal Brass of the New York Philharmonic.
Josh is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, the Australian National Academy of Music, and the Colburn School.
Der australische Trompeter Josh Rogan war ehemaliger Solo-Trompeter des Auckland Philharmonia in Neuseeland und ist derzeit als freischaffender Musiker in Deutschland tätig.
Er ist ein wahrhaft internationaler Musiker und hat in Spielstätten wie dem Sydney Opera House in Australien, dem Royal Albert Hall im Vereinigten Königreich, dem Walt Disney Concert Hall in den USA, dem Royal Concertgebouw in den Niederlanden, dem Shanghai Concert Hall in China und dem Berliner Konzerthaus in Deutschland gespielt. Zudem trat er mit zahlreichen renommierten Ensembles auf, darunter die Los Angeles Philharmonic, das Sydney Symphony Orchestra und die Principal Brass der New Yorker Philharmoniker.
Josh ist Absolvent der University of Melbourne, der Australian National Academy of Music und der Colburn School.
Watch a video
Nicholas Buc Trumpet Concerto
Orchestral Excerpts Reel 2024
Videos
Here are some trumpet videos from various performances and recordings. As you may notice, some of these pieces are standard works, while others are more contemporary in style. Hopefully you will be able to find some music that appeals to you, but if not, you can visit my Youtube channel for more videos here.
Solo Recordings
Trumpet Concerto, by Nicholas Buc
Concertpiece for Cornet, by James Curnow
Legend, by Georges Enesco
Orchestral Repertoire
Shostakovich 10, with Australian Youth Orchestra- 2010 at The Proms
Mahler 9, with Musician Project- 2015
Respigh Fountains of Rome, with Auckland Philharmonia- 2024
Audition Reel- 2024
Album Recordings
Louisa Trewartha’s Trumpet Concerto, Recorded in October 2018: www.louisatrewartha.bandcamp.com/releases
Contemporary Repertoire
Exposed Throat, by HK Gruber
Sequenza X, by Luciano Berio
Chute d’Etoiles excerpt, by Matthias Pintscher, with Michael Harper
Trumpet Duets
A Flourish-ish Fanfare, by Josh Rogan, with Michael Harper
Moto Perpetuo, by Josh Rogan, with Allison Wright
Fanfare, Reflection, and Ending, by Josh Rogan, with Nicholas Robson
Composer/ Arranger
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List of Compositions
Monologue for Solo Tuba (2009) View Here
Adventures and Distortions- Brass Quintet (2011) View Here
Concertpiece for Band- Brass Band (2011) View Here
Daenerys- Solo Violin (2011) View Here
Moto Perpetuo- Two Trumpets (2012) View Here
Music- Piccolo Trumpet and Bb Trumpet (2012) View Here
Four Sketches for Horn Quartet (2013) View Here
A Flourish-ish Fanfare- Two Trumpets (2014) View Here
Rhapsody on a Theme- Tuba and Strings (2014) View Here
Fanfare, Reflection, and Ending- Two Trumpets (2015) View Here
Ad lib- Two Trumpets (2016) View Here
"Entrance"- Solo Trumpet (2016) View Here
Reflections- Flugel, Horn, and Trombone (2017) View Here
List of Arrangements
Pokarekare Ana (Brass Quintet) View Here
Ravel, Bolero (Brass Quintet) View Here
Bruckner, Locus iste (Brass Quartet) View Here
Tallis, If ye love me (Brass Quartet) View Here
Bennet, Weep o mine eyes (Brass Quartet) View Here
Byrd, Ave Verum Corpus (Brass Quartet) View Here
Handel, La Rejouissance (2 Trumpets) View Here
Educator
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Teaching Philosophy
I began playing music in a community brass band, learning from my parents, and listening to the amateur musicians in the band who were simply playing for fun. Later, I received tuition from world class institutions and internationally recognized teachers, while performing with advanced and professional musicians. Both of these things have led me to believe that learning a brass instrument should always be about producing a sound that is beautiful to listen to, and that this can be achieved through focused attention, rather than by eliminating the fun of music.
Much of my teaching is done through demonstration, and through practical application. I teach that you can create a fantastic product if you work on mastering the many simple aspects of music, rather than only trying to fix difficult passages and struggling through challenging exercises.
I believe that if you consistently play simple exercises with the highest level of execution, then you are building the habit of excellence. This allows beginners to sound better much quicker, and allows all musicians to improve consistently, and eventually the habit of excellence will be so strong that even the challenging aspects of music are performed with ease and conviction.
I have written some books to work on trumpet playing and learning. If you would like to view them, you can find them here.
In 2021, Yamaha Australia and Josh Rogan came together to create a free 8 week warm-up course. In this course, you will get weekly exercises sent to your email address, and there is a video accompanying each week, explaining the warm up exercises and showing a short demonstration. This can be found here: https://au.yamaha.com/en/news_events/2021/josh_rogan_course.html