Jensen featured in faculty, guest trumpet recital Oct. 27

Ripon College Adjunct Professor of Music Jessica Jensen will join musical guests John Daniel, Brent Turney and Wayne Wildman in a recital of solo and chamber works for trumpet and piano Monday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m., in Demmer Recital Hall of Ripon College’s C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts.

The hour-long program will feature pieces from composers including Telemann, Debussy, Fauré and Joseph Bologne, among others. This event is free and open to the public.

“With so much music available at our fingertips, it’s easy to forget how special live music is,” Jensen said. “Sharing a moment of art in real time with a roomful of people is where meaningful memories are made and connections happen.”

Jensen will perform alongside trumpeters Daniel and Turney, with Wildman providing piano accompaniment. 

The musicians share a teaching connection, as Jensen studied with Daniel during both high school and college. Before her, Turney learned from Daniel during his college years. While Jensen was pursuing her undergraduate studies, she had the opportunity to study with Turney for a semester while Daniel was on sabbatical.

“To go from being students to performing together as colleagues shows how music is a lifelong endeavor and how powerful the connections we make through music can be,” Jensen said. 

Each trumpeter will showcase their individual talent with a solo performance. 

“John will be playing some absolutely gorgeous flute and vocal transcriptions on the soprano cornet, which is a somewhat rare instrument mostly used in large British brass bands,” Jensen said. “His use of it in a solo setting is unique and a rare aural opportunity.” 

Jensen said Turney will perform a unique piece from a period not typically associated with trumpet music.

“Brent will be playing the Böhme Trumpet Concerto, one of the few Romantic-era works in the trumpet repertoire,” Jensen said. “Because trumpets were so late to acquire valves, we missed out on much of this fantastic period of music.”

Jensen said she will perform a movement of the Telemann Trumpet Concerto on baroque trumpet. 

“Baroque trumpet is a valveless instrument designed to mirror the original instrument baroque-era music was written for,” Jensen said. “It’s not a true natural trumpet as it has three vent holes that make tuning more palatable to modern audiences. I will also be playing Alexandra Pakhmutova’s dramatic Trumpet Concerto.”

The group will finish the program with a joint performance H.L. Clarke’s “The Three Aces” which is a light-hearted piece with dazzling technical requirements.

“All that said, while ‘trumpet’ might be the centerpiece of the performance, Wayne Wildman’s virtuosity on piano really steals the show,” Jensen said.