Perkins explains his buddy in “war” is Tony Ellis, another trumpet player.
You learn to grab different parts of the orchestra you haven’t really heard before.” “I play what’s on the page,” Perkins says, “but we listen to each other, to the principals (the lead players for different instruments).”ĭepending on the composition, Perkins might focus on, say, the clarinets and the violas, careful to gauge when to pierce through and when to blend in. “The musicians work as a team with the orchestra taking on a life of its own. He provides balance and style, Perkins explains. The conductor, Carl St.Clair, is the guide. He likens a symphony to a combat platoon, a collection of people who must have one another’s backs every second. “Every night is different and the Pacific Symphony has a great group of folks who are extremely talented.” Now 46, married and with three children – ages 24, 16 and 11 – Perkins has remained with the Orange County symphony for 12 years. He soon became fluent.Īfter five years and eager to play in the United States, he started playing with the San Diego Symphony. He arrived in Mexico City not speaking a word of Spanish.
The first time he entered the massive auditorium in Mexico City, Perkins remembers, “I couldn’t believe I was making a living playing the trumpet. “If you’re in school,” Perkins explains of leaving the conservatory, “you’re buying time to get a job.”
Two years later, he was awarded a position with Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra. He reports in the heavy metal days of the 1980s, there wasn’t much room for trumpet players.Īfter high school, Perkins was admitted to the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. The only kind of music Perkins missed out on was rock and roll. “I could do something no one else could do,” Perkins recalls. In a coincidence of circularity, decades later for the “Rogue One” soundtrack Perkins again played the Darth Vader theme.Īt Irvine High School, Perkins played trumpet in the wind ensemble, marching band, orchestra and jazz band. In elementary school, Perkins learned to play – what else? – composer John Williams’ theme for Darth Vader, also called “The Imperial March” in the first “Star Wars” movie. Like his father before him, Perkins picked trumpet.īy the time he was five, Perkins could play notes – not an easy thing on an instrument that demands near-perfect embouchure. With a father who was a chemist and a lifelong musician, Perkins and his brother grew up learning to play the piano under dad’s tutelage as well as a second instrument of their choosing. To borrow from Chuck Berry - roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news: Classical is fine.īut for the 21st century, “Star Wars” rules. “But when I say I’m going to play a ‘Star Wars’ score, they say, ‘Wow, Dad, that’s so cool.’” “When I leave to play Mahler and Mozart, my kids just say, ‘Goodbye,’” Perkins laughs. But under Perkins’ musicianship, the visual hardly matters.ĭuring a wide-ranging discussion at his home nestled between the Santa Ana mountains and Mount San Jacinto, Perkins chuckles about the dwindling popularity of classical music compared to the public’s love for anything Hollywood.
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Many people in the audience don’t know or don’t remember the exact movie scene in “Episode IV” it’s when Luke Skywalker walks toward the horizon as twin suns drop. As Perkins plays, there is no orchestra to accompany him, no lush visuals.
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