I was in chicago when I was 12 and my mother took me to the CSO. We sat right in the middle. On the program that night was Mahlers 5th. I came back home and begged my mom to buy me one for my birthday. So for my 13th birthday I got a beatup King cornet.
Today I am a trumpet major, in an army band, and
dream of one day being the person on the stage in chicago playing mahlers 5.
Josh Ritchie