Trumpet/organ recital
JOHNSON CITY – “Trompette en Chamade,” a recital of works for solo organ and trumpet-organ duet, will be presented by the East Tennessee State University Department of Music on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 3 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 800 Broad St., Kingsport.
“The organ and trumpet have been long-time collaborators since the early times of the Baroque Period of the 17th and early 18th centuries, which is considered the ‘Golden Age’ of the trumpet,” said Dr. David Champouillon, a Bach Trumpet Artist/Clinician and professor of trumpet and jazz studies in the ETSU Department of Music. Champouillon, a former U.S. Air Force solo jazz/classical trumpeter, is leader of The Jazz Doctors, a popular regional ensemble.
“The organ, with so many different musical colors in its palette,” he continued, “is the perfect instrument to combine with the sounds of the majestic trumpet.”
Champouillon, who will be joined in the recital by his wife, organist Laura Champouillon, explains that the “trumpet en chamade” is a horizontally mounted organ stop that is visible to the audience. Its origins come from the medieval “herald” trumpet used for signaling.
Admission is free.
For more information, call the ETSU Department of Music at (423) 439-4276. For disability accommodations, call the ETSU Office of Disability Services at (423) 439-8346.