Merry Christmas!

My good friend and principal trumpet of the San Diego Symphony, Chris Smith, and buddy Tim Saeger (San Diego based trumpet artist and teacher), made this fantastic multi-trumpet video of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! I’ve been doing some mastering work for their virtual productions this year, and it has been an absolute blast! The guys asked me to master this production for them as well, and as soon as I heard Wesley Nance’s fantastic arrangement, I knew this one would be special. Enjoy!

Trumpeters on this recording are:

Choir 1

Trumpet 1 - Christopher Smith, Principal Trumpet, San Diego Symphony

Trumpet 2 - Wesley Nance, 2nd Trumpet, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Trumpet 3 - Micah Wilkinson, Principal Trumpet, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Trumpet 4 - Chad Winkler, 4th/Utility Trumpet, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Trumpet 5 - Andrew McCandless, Principal Trumpet, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Trumpet 6 - Jennifer Marotta, Assistant Professor of Trumpet, USC Thornton School of Music

Choir 2

Trumpet 7 - Jim Wilt, Associate Principal Trumpet, LA Phil

Trumpet 8 - Jeffrey Strong, 3rd/Utility Trumpet, LA Phil

Trumpet 9 - Tom Hooten, Principal Trumpet, LA Phil

Trumpet 10 - Christopher Still, 2nd Trumpet, LA Phil

Trumpet 11 - Karen Donnelly, Principal Trumpet, National Arts Centre Orchestra | l'Orchestre du Centre national des Arts

Trumpet 12 - Conrad Jones, Principal Trumpet, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

Still, Still, Still - a home recording project

Hi friends,

Well, it's been a while!  I wanted to get this recording posted, since we are OFFICIALLY past Thanksgiving and it is now appropriate to engage in Christmas type activities!  I began working on this multitrack recording last winter, after my most enjoyable interview with my buddy, Jim Nova, about his own amazing trombone ensemble recordings.  My secondary motivation was to use the project to begin to familiarize myself with the features and capabilities of Logic Pro X.  Our audio engineer, Ed Kelly, used Logic to record our Valor Brass album, Inaugural, and I was so taken with what I saw that I knew I had to learn more about it for myself.  This piece is one of my favorite carols, and I chose to give it a little "winterized" effect here.  I hope you enjoy it.  Feel free to download and share from the Soundcloud site.  

Happy Holidays,

Chris