BACK NOW ON MID-MORNING
WITH JAMES ALCOTT AND MARISSA
BENEDICT.
JAMES, TELL US ABOUT THE
TRUMPET ENSEMBLE, AND TELL US
HOW YOU GOT STARTED.
I HAVE BEEN EXCITED FOR
TRUMPET FOR YEARS.
THAT'S NO BRAIN TORE START AN
ENSEMBLE WITH THE TRUMPETS, AND
GREAT FUN, GREAT MUSIC, A LOT
OF STYLES, EVERYTHING, AND SO
YEAH.
IT DIDN'T TAKE YOU LONG TO
RECRUIT.
NO, AND I'M VERY FORTUNATE,
MINNEAPOLIS IS A MECCA FOR THE
ARTS.
AND APPARENTLY FOR
TRUMPETERS.
YOU RECENTLY JOINED THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOL
OF MUSIC.
FIRST, WELCOME TO MINNESOTA.
YOU MOVED HERE FROM LOS
ANGELES.
UH-UH.
AND TELL US ABOUT PERFORMING
WITH THIS GROUP.
THIS GROUP IS FANTASTIC,
ACTUALLY, TO HAVE 24 FINE
TRUMPET PLAYERS, AND YOU COULD
FIND THEM IN BIG CITIES, BUT
FOR THEM TO GET TOGETHER TWICE
A MONTH AND REHEARSE AND LOVE
WHAT THEY DO AND GO OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY TO WORK AS WELL,
THAT'S A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH
THEM.
MARISSA YOU JUST JOINED THE
FACULTY?
YES, I DID.
UH-UH, NICE.
EVERYONE'S INSTRUMENT LOOKS
DIFFERENT.
I THINK WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF A
TRUMPET, YOU THINK OF ONE
INSTRUMENT, ONE TRUMPET.
WE HAVE BASS TRUMPETS, AND
THERE'S A FLOOGLE HORN.
OH, A FLOOGLE HORN, HUH?
YES.
AND THEN THE B TRUMPETS, AND
THEN A C TRUMPET, AND WE HAVE
DIFFERENT PITCHES, AND ON THE
CONCERT, WE WILL HAVE ALL OF
THEM.
INTERESTING.
MARISSA, A SPECIAL GUEST
HERE, YOU EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE
IN L.A.
STUDIO MUSICIAN, AND YOU JUST
GOT BACK PERFORMING FOR A MOVIE
OUT THERE, AND WHAT'S IT LIKE
NOW BEING HERE IN MINNESOTA?
I KNOW YOU GO BACK AND FORTH.
DEFINITELY A LIFE CHANGE FOR
THE BETTER I LIKE TO SAY.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE WHITE STUFF
ALL OVER THE GROUND.
I WILL GET USED TO IT.
BUSY LIFE IN LOS ANGELES, AND
FANTASTIC CAREER, AND I LIKE
THE FACT THAT I'M HERE TEACHING
AND ABLE TO KEEP MY
PROFESSIONAL CAREER AS WELL.
TELL US ABOUT THE MUSIC WE
WILL HEAR AT THE PERFORMANCE
COMING UP.
WIDE VARIETY MARCHES TO JAZZ
TO FANFARES TO MEDLEYS, WE ARE
DOING THREE MEDLEYS ON THE
CONCERT, AND WE ARE FEATURING
HER.
THE MOVIE MEDLEY HAS 17
DIFFERENT MOVIE THEMES.
PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE THEM
RIGHT AWAY?
THERE'S JAWS, AND NOT JUST
MOVIES, BUT TV SHOWS.
IT'S AT THE MINNESOTA MA
SONIC HERITAGE CENTER THIS
AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
AND NO SIGN OF ANY BIG TIME
WARMUPS THROUGH NEXT WOKE.
ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD, MIKE.
WE ARE BACK WITH THE TWIN
CITIES TRUMPET ENSEMBLE AND
SPECIAL GUEST MARISSA BENEDICT
THEY ARE PERFORMING AN EXCERPT
FROM THEIR CONCERT ON SUNDAY
"THE TRUMPET GOES TO THE
MOVIES"
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