(11-18-2011, 03:24 AM)Miguel Wrote: ![[Image: haleybusbee.jpg]](http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/7753/haleybusbee.jpg)
BUSBEE:
began playing piano at the age of seven and joined the school band at the age of nine, first on trumpet, then baritone horn and eventually tuba and baritone sax. I attended a small private elementary school that had an incredible band program...In high school, I joined the jazz band and switched to trombone.
There are a variety of ways of looking at this progression, but as a former trumpet player, the switch from playing some type of brass instrument to a reed instrument blows my mind! (Completely different embouchure is required -- I do know -- I've tried.)
What is not at all evident, is whether he developed any proficiency with a particular instrument before he "moved on" to the next one (and, yes, I'm sort of a stickler about that). Given the time frame between trumpet to trombone, I would say no. However, there are prodigies out there (I suspect that Casey Abrams is one), so I can't say absolutely that he isn't one of them.
Ultimately, I hope that Haley is not in the hands of a dilettante, but rather is in good hands.