Tootsall

Or perhaps she's talented enough but doesn't want to give you an reason to increase your expectations of her trumpet studies? Sometimes kids are afraid that they'll get "rooked" into continuing with something that they've made a promise on but that they already have an exit strategy for. I'd say that you've sown the seeds of music for her, now it's her decision whether to continue at this point in her life.

I have a son who is in a similar situation with respect to his music... sits 1st in jazz and concert bands but isn't going to continue. He's just been accepted into a Software Engineering program at University and says that he won't have the time for band. I won't push him; he'll come back to music as soon as his life starts crying for it.