Yeah lmao

I don’t think they’ll let me audition, but thanks. 😅

@@jimwilt4944 Can u please make a Brandt #15 recording. please you are the best!!

@@petershaven8629 Hey Peter - I am out of the video making business, but I laid down a very quick and dirty audio file: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/asa07bexnz4ct574f03zi/Brandt-15.wav?rlkey=o8bswtqtoa7uzgejlfxoyibd0&st=9sfh7j4g&dl=0 It's a little sloppy, but the best I could put together in a day. I just don't have the bandwidth to assemble videos now that we are back to work. Over the next three weeks, I am playing principal on: Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite 2 Violin Concerto Stravinsky: Firebird Suite Wagner: Meistersinger Overture Bruch: Violin Concerto Schumann Symphony 1 Tchaikovsky: Polonaise Sleeping Beauty Suite 1812 Prokofiev: 3rd Piano Concerto Shostakovitch Symphony 10 “Laufy” (pops) De Falla: Three Cornered Hat Debussy: Iberia Ravel: Bolero Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme Symphony 2 Copland: El Salon Mexico Montgomery The Elements Bernstein: Symphonic Dances WSS Dvorak: Carnival Overture Violin Concerto Symphony 7 Stravinsky: Star Spangled Banner Circus Polka Violin Concerto Rite of Spring

Thank you!

Thanks, Ian.

Thanks, Jerry. I use a mix of either hand or lip depending on what is working that day.

Thank you.

Thanks so much, Stephen. I hope you are well - it’s been a long time since we worked together in Boulder.

@@jimwilt4944 Yes, it certainly was! Time flys, and I’ve been retired from the orchestra for 3 years. I still play everyday, but often I need a little inspiration to get motivated. Listening to your superb performances on line always raise the bar and gets me going….so, thanks and Bravo, Jim! You sound great!

Thank you!

Have you heard they are trying to bring back the band to Clintondale?? Contact Keith Kaminski please! He could use your help promoting the idea! The young need talent like you to inspire the next great talent like you!! Please Jim! They are also trying to put together an alumni band of performance!!

Thanks so much, Steve. Regarding the band - I didn’t realize the program had been canceled. What a shame. There were some great players and people that went through there. Many went on to be pros or teachers, which is more than I can say about the athletic program.

@@jimwilt4944 it’s been cancelled for years but people like Jay, Blasius, Keith, Kaminsky, and even Laura Villasurda are all on board trying to support bringing the band program back. They’re talking about trying to get an alumni of past graduates that I have gone on and become great musicians and teachers. Would be great to have someone of your caliber help support the comeback of the Clintondale band!

Normally I would have been playing the Brahms but was out with the flu. What you describe is a function of the hall. You will have a different experience depending on where you sit. More importantly, there is a huge difference between the way we play the accompaniment to the Brahms double concerto vs a Bruckner symphony. Any good musician would know that. Regarding the Charlier, none of these etudes are meant to be definitive. They are all quick one-offs meant to keep me focused and productive during covid. None of them are deep dives. The point was to “perform” every day to exercise that muscle. I posted them online to hold my feet to the fire.

By the time this was recorded, I was really trying to mix up the horns I was playing to try to stay balanced. We were getting closer to going back to work and I wanted to broaden the tool box.

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Only 10,000,000 behind Star Wars Stairwell trumpet guy!

I have it on a Google drive, but do not feel I can make that choice - there are four other people involved in the performances.

Been there, done that.

@@jimwilt4944 It wouldn't be the 1st time you went back home again.

Thanks, Tim.

Thanks so much, Mark. I hope you are well.

Thanks Jim! I’m great. Getting ready for my twins to graduate high school after this upcoming year (they’ll be seniors) Sarah is going into theater somewhere and David is a lefty baseball pitcher …poles apart! I miss the good ole days at Rice. You taught me some great things. Now I’m a retired teacher and still trying to improve my trumpet playing!

Thank you!