Why Play Trumpet?

Trumpet is a very popular instrument in the band.  Here are some of the reasons:

• The trumpet has a big bright sound that often plays the lead, especially in high energy music.
• Trumpet can play all types of music from classical to rock, pop, and soul, to religious, country and everything in between.  (There's almost no style of music that doesn't use trumpets.)
• It isn't really hard to play.  You can be playing the basic notes in a day or two and playing some popular songs with a couple of weeks.
• The trumpet isn't a big instrument.  It can be easily carried.
• You can form groups of players of almost any size to play together.
• Lots of great music is written for trumpet.
• Trumpets look great, especially when the trumpet players stand up and take the lead.