30 Years of Trumpet

The Yoga of Trumpet

I am grateful to Naropa University for sending out an invite for alumni to honor its 50th year anniversary, and my wanting to participate in it. The invite opened a door of deep contemplations. The summer of 2024’s preparation for Naropa’s SparkTalk began a series of contemplations that has continued well into this 30th year of playing the trumpet.

A main highlight of my 30 years of playing trumpet was/is honoring lives with the bugle call Taps, and my evolution of it with Trumpet Meditations.

With Taps taking a minute, honoring a day, and honoring a life, I have listed below highlights of locations where I have played trumpet throughout the 30 years.

Photo by Fiona Small

 

30 Year Location Highlights:

Gardnerville, Nevada 1995-1997:

  • Wayne’s Family Music

  • Pau-Wa-Lu Middle School

Sparks, Nevada 1997-2002:

  • Sparks High School

  • Maytan Music Center

Army Musician 2002-2012:

  • Killeen, Texas/Tikrit & Baghdad, Iraq

  • Sierra Vista, Arizona

  • Uijeongbu, South Korea

  • Colorado Springs, Colorado

Boulder, Colorado 2012-2019:

  • Naropa University

  • Dairy Arts Center

Reno, NV 2019-2025:

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