[TPIN] "Re-invention"

[Jon]

Absolutely awesome! Great intonation, tone, and blend. As for perfection, 
all I can say is "whatever." I've never heard a perfect performance (you 
should have heard Scherbaum in concert - omg). Really a great job, but 
annoying that a "jazzer" should play one of "our" pieces so well :). 
Enough - gotta go practice.

Jon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trent Austin" <trent at trentaustin.com>
To: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 6:47 PM
Subject: [TPIN] "Re-invention"


> Phew!
>
> What a day... and what a wonderful experience these past few months have
> been in my life as a professional musician. I often hear that it's hard to
> re-invent yourself, especially as a musician. I know that in my own life
> this has been the case. It's always a little bit of this, a little bit of
> that. Sometimes you find yourself as an "artist" in a period of 
> stagnation.
> Nothing ever seems productive.
>
> The experience I've had in this past week has really given me more focus
> than you could imagine. At my school and probably throughout the trumpet
> communities I'm definitely known as a "jazz" guy. I love picking up my
> instrument and playing what's in my head. I love the trumpet and always
> will. When the conductor for these Brandenburg's called me I knew it was 
> an
> opportunity I had to take. I mean how many times does the "jazz" guy get 
> to
> play one of the finest pieces of music the trumpet gets to play?