trumpet Palm Sunday

Last Sunday at Neffsville, Palm Sunday, a trumpeter added music to a service full of singing and choral music.  I wrote the trumpet part on the hymns.  The file is 17 minutes long or so, but if you want to sample the sounds:

Christmas Eve brass ensemble

I want to name the brass players who festooned everyone in the lobby as they arrived for the Christmas Eve service . Doug Brubaker led the group with his trumpet. The others were: Jon Landis, trumpet; Taylor Lindsey, trombone; Sage Musselman, tuba; and Tracy Kile, baritone. So to you five, a big thank you for really good music. I could hear it from the organ bench. When it ended the various preludes in the sanctuary began.

Vast musical resources in congregation

The musical forces at Zion are vast. Last evening someone told me of a young person who would like to study organ. I'm told there are seven outstanding pianists among the congregation. There are two organists besides myself.

There are not a lot of woodwinds. Perhaps no brass. But many guitarists and other instruments. I keep learning.

I love this. It gives musical momentum. It gives a critical musical mass which makes a lot of good things possible.