Meet the MJ Brass quintet - all five musicians are Interlochen Arts Academy students, and they called themselves "MJ" because all five of their first names start with one of those two letters.
The MJ Quintet performed the first movement of the Brass Quintet no. 3 in D-flat major by Victor Ewald.
Musicians
Mauricio García de Jesús, trumpet, San Felipe Otlaltepec, Mexico
Madi Turrentine, trumpet, Groveton, Texas
Jaksen Vargas, horn, Cedar Park, Texas
Juan Beltran, trombone, Spring, Texas
June Eickholt, tuba, Colleyville, Texas
The five members of the quintet were also our guest hosts on this week's episodes of Kids Commute. Each person chose a piece of music and introduced it.
Not only did this students perform for IPR this week, but they're all also members of the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra and are performing in Interlochen's production of "The Nutcracker" this weekend. Learn more about the production and get tickets here.
Lauren Hunt is the coach of the MJ Quintet.
Michael Culler engineered this edition of Studio A.
Nathan Daywalt and Scott Clemens provided additional support.
