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Young Talent Leads Trumpet Section Of The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra

The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is full of talented and experienced musicians. But talent doesn’t always correspond to a certain age. WFAE’s Sarah Delia explains. 

Twenty-three-year old John Parker knew from a young age that he wanted to play trumpet. The North Carolina native from High Point comes from a musical family.

He's not quite sure what first drew him to the instrument. But he thought he'd give it a shot when he was in elementary school.  

 Now, he’s not only a member of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, he’s the youngest principal in the symphony. And he sits in first chair.

Sarah Delia is a Senior Producer for Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins. Sarah joined the WFAE news team in 2014. An Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, Sarah has lived and told stories from Maine, New York, Indiana, Alabama, Virginia and North Carolina. Sarah received her B.A. in English and Art history from James Madison University, where she began her broadcast career at college radio station WXJM. Sarah has interned and worked at NPR in Washington DC, interned and freelanced for WNYC, and attended the Salt Institute for Radio Documentary Studies.