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Jimi Alpers previews NMC Concert Band's July performances

Interlochen's Sustainability Foreman Jimi Alpers is also a trumpet player. He stopped by IPR to give a preview of July's NMC Concert Band performances.

Jimi Alpers, Sustainability Foreman at Interlochen Center for the Arts, is also trumpet section leader for the Northwestern Michigan College Concert Band.

He joined Tyler Castellanos to talk about the band's upcoming concerts, his family history at Interlochen, and why his work with the NMC Concert Band and at Interlochen is so important to him.

The Northwestern Michigan College Concert Band includes high school students playing alongside experienced amateur and professional musicians. The band is directed by Pat Brumbaugh.

Tyler Castellanos is host and music librarian at Classical IPR.