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Our crowdfunding campaign has ended, but you can still support UCLA Trumpets by clicking here.
Who are we?
The UCLA Trumpet Studio is comprised of students in UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. The collective group is comprised of talented musicians who come from a wide variety of backgrounds.
What is NTC?
The National Trumpet Competition is a prestigious event, which happens annually, dating back to 1992. This competition brings together trumpet players from across the country to perform and collaborate with some of the world's greatest trumpet players.
After months of rehearsals and preparation, the UCLA Trumpet Ensembles successfully passed audition rounds and have been selected to compete into the quarter finals round at NTC. This gives us the opportunity to perform at the competition, which will be held in Boulder, Colorado this year.
How can you help?
UCLA has been accepted into four different categories this year and will be competing with 2 ensembles. That said, we are fundraising for 16 individual musicians! This is the largest group that UCLA has ever brought to the NTC, and this is the first year that UCLA will be competing with more than one ensemble. The trumpet studio’s qualification for NTC is an incredible feat, one that showcases talents of UCLA students from a wide variety of degree programs in the Herb Alpert School of Music, including undergraduate trumpet performance, global jazz, and music education majors, performance master’s students, and a musicology PhD student. Both ensembles continue to work diligently to not only compete in the next levels of competition at NTC, but foster community within the School of Music at large. It is the ensembles’ hope that these performances will showcase the talent, tenacity, and showmanship of UCLA’s students, create opportunities for engagement and recruitment for UCLA’s prestigious music degree programs, and expand interdepartmental relationships within UCLA’s diverse music community.
By making a donation, you will be helping us fly to and attend the competition, where both ensembles will put months of work to the test in live performances during the quarterfinal rounds. Students will also have opportunities to participate in workshops and masterclasses run by some of the industry's finest players and educators, learn more about trumpet industry at large, and attend performances by fellow competitors as well as a concert by the U.S. Army Brass Quintet. In addition to these education and engagement opportunities, students look forward to building camaraderie as a studio and meeting other trumpet players from around the country.
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Join our generous list of donors! For just $5, you will be added to our "Giving Wall" on our social media pages. (Fully tax-deductible)
After donating $10, the UCLA Trumpets will send you a personalized "Thank You" video to express our gratitude to you! (Fully tax-deductible)
With a $20 donation, you can receive a personal shoutout on our Instagram page! (Fully tax-deductible)
With your $50 donation, you will have insider access to virtual weekly updates on our NTC journey! This will include many fun photos and videos with behind-the-scenes looks at our time in Boulder! (Fully tax-deductible)
For a $100 donation, you will have the opportunity to chat with the UCLA trumpets over Zoom for an hour! (Fully tax-deductible)
With your $200 donation, you will receive one of the UCLA Trumpets iconic royal blue cup mutes signed by trumpet stars including Wayne Bergeron, Arturo Sandoval, and UCLA Trumpet Studio Professor Jens Lindemann! ($130 tax-deductible gift)
With your $300 donation, you can experience the life of the UCLA trumpet studio for a day! With this prize, you will get a free invite to meet members of the studio and join them for rehearsals throughout the day. (fully tax-deductible)
With a $500 donation, you can experience the incredibly rare opportunity to take a private lesson with Jens Lindemann virtually or in person (depending on location.) Contact Jens for details (tax-deductible gift of $300)
For your $5000 donation, you can enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear international trumpet soloist, Jens Lindemann, live in an exclusive private concert! ($3,000 tax-deductible gift)