An active performer in the Los Angeles area and Assistant Professor of trumpet at USC’s Thornton School of Music, Jennifer Marotta regularly performs with Los Angeles Philharmonic, and has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, and the St. Louis Symphony.
Jennifer is currently a member of the Grand Teton Music Festival and performs regularly with the Music of the Baroque in Chicago. She was a member of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band from 2001 to 2005.
In addition to performing, she has a passion for teaching students of all ages. She hopes to be a helpful resource for students in her RU-vid videos.
I tried playing this it was terrible but then I watched your video and watched again but paused after each measure and played again- much better! thanks again for all these great video
Dear Professor Marotta: I see you are holding one of the smaller trumpets. I wonder if it is a C trumpet, or is it smaller? Thank you for your insightful introductions and beautiful playing of these tunes. I'm starting them yet again with a fine teacher, and noting my previous teachers' and my own numerous check marks and dates. Beginning them after years off the trumpet is quite daunting, and it is encouraging to hear you play them so well!
@@mat-chooswieknee-yz4jo hello! Yes, that is a C trumpet. I usually play on C since I do mostly orchestral playing in my jobs. But I transposed it so it still sounds in the normal key if you play it on a B-flat trumpet. good luck getting back into them again! And thanks for checking out my videos!
I'm commenting from Tokyo. I bought Urban's book and am practicing. Your wonderful videos are extremely helpful. Many of the songs don't exist in the Japanese sense, but my playing has improved after listening to your advice and playing. Please continue making videos in the future.
Hello! I was playing along with Smart Music, although that wasn't the most reliable, this was sort of an experiment with it! I'm pretty sure you can purchase the Rubank Concert/Contest Solos track. When I purchased the collection, it came with a download code to get the tracks. Maybe the company can help get you one. Have fun playing it!
Another wonderfully helpful video. Your suggestion about listening to vocalists and punctuating phrases (in an earlier video) are spot-on! Thanks again.
Thanks so much for putting all these videos up. They help me so much. Also thanks for putting a link to the vocal version (if there is one recommendation I would have for future editions of Arban, is to add the exact aria's or cadenzas, so it would safe listening through three hour opera's to find the one particular excerpt). One question: I am struggling a bit with that 'riff' (pardon my French) in the fourth bar. Especially when you listen to the vocal version, it is very subtle and hard to copy on the horn. Do you use alternate fingering there (A: 1-2; A#: 1; B: 1-3; C: 2-3; B: 1-3; A: 1-2)?
Thanks for listening and for your comment! I agree that on some of these, it's definitely tricky to find the spot in the opera. Arban didn't always specify the name of the aria, so that can make it tough to track down. That would be great for future editions for sure. For that 'riff,' since it's not too crazy fast, I use the regular fingerings. But nothing wrong with doing it with alternate ones too if it makes it sound smoother. Some of the "riffs" are more swimmy when sung, so I think Arban just wrote them out a bit more solidly so younger trumpeters could grasp it a bit easier. At least, that's my take on it. Thanks again for watching!
Listened and played several since I last said thanks! So it's time to express my gratitude again. Splendidly informative and musical! Thank you so much!
What a helpful video! A count off or a measure of beats before the beginning would be great. I like to play along with you. I appreciate the music on the screen. I see you haven’t posted in awhile, PLEASE consider doing more….Arban or some other technique book. It’s great stuff for the DIY folk at home.
I'm getting back to my trumpet studies after several decades. This is a nice piece. Very lyrical, and well played. Will Like, subscribe, and look for your other videos.
Beautiful...but doesn't moderato start around 86 bpm? I can see how the title suggests a lullaby at a slower speed but if the composer wrote moderato shouldnt it be faster? thanks for any insight
"Tell me, Professor. In your studies have you come across a story from antiquity of two men who are like brothers, who by a trick of fate fin themselves on opposite side of a war---and then facing each other on the field of battle? ...Lewis Armistead was my closest friend before the war. I'd like to see him again: but not here, not like this. What do you say, Colonel, what do the books tell you?" --Winfield Scott Hancock, "Getteysburg"
Lovely playing, Jennifer. I played this solo in jr. high school 50 years ago for the MSBOA solo and ensemble festival. My private teacher, a high schooler, made me memorize it. The judge raised an eyebrow when I set the stand aside and played. Got a 1 blue ribbon. I knew every note before you hit them😂. You sounded wonderful. Thanks so much!
Beautifully done Jen. You made the turns sound so smooth. Have you ever thought about playing this and some of the other songs on the Cornet? It'd be great to hear you do these on a Cornet as that's originally how they would have been played. 😉
Thanks so much! I have done them on cornet for sure, I actually played my first 4 years on cornet and lots of cornet in the Marine Band! I didn't do these on it, just because most students now days start on trumpet and play these on trumpet. So I wanted it to be a bit more similar to what they'll be working on. But yes, cornet is a great thing to do them on for sure!
... I would be very happy if I sounded just like you... thank you for another lesson. I particularly admire your execution in bar 20 with the pickup, which is a real challenge for me. 🙏
For this, I was using SmartMusic, so I don’t have a file-it’s a program that you play along with. But this piece is in the Rubank Contest Collection, and I’m pretty sure they sell the backing tracks there too.
Nossa obrigado, adoro suas aulas.mesmo não falando a sua lingua através do método arban faço acompanhamento.e estou pegando o ritmo estudo por conta propria .
#5 is up for me... Great directions, Jennifer... not to omit your masterful performance. I thought that this song was called God Save the Queen. In fact, in a older Arban version, that's what they call it...
Interesting! There are definitely some differences in different editions. The few editions I have all start this same way, but I know older ones have different changes. Which edition are you in?
@@JenniferMarotta I was in my school band and I finished in 1983, then in 1985 a cousin gave me a VINCENT BACH STRADIVARIUS trumpet model 37 with a book,with 365 pages the cover is red and the word ARBAN'S is yellow and it is recommended by the Dr. RENOLD SCHILKE has it for several languages and on the back of the book there is a photo of RENOLD... I still have it and the trumpet from that time too... regards
I forgot to tell you that...the ARBAN'S book came with another book called THE BEST OF HERB ALPERT...that was because my cousin knew that I played the trumpet at school and I liked his songs especially one called ROTATION... ..it is a long story .....
Thank you so much for playing this so well! I'm a tenor sax player who has to play this song cause we unfortunately have no solo music for my instrument atm and this was really helpful! Hope I get a good score!
Excellent video. You are such a great trumpet player and a wonderful teacher. I feel like you are my teacher now.... I love your videos and I keep learning every time I watch them... 🙏
Because of your videos, I am taking much more time to deeply study these pieces and I seem to produce much more music out of them instead of just treat them as a reading exercise.
I'm so glad that you're enjoying these! I love this section of the Arban and feel like it really shaped me as a musician. Thanks for sticking with my videos!!
