00:00I start practicing at 6am, 2 hours in the morning, 1 hour in the evening, every day.
00:14That's how much I need to train if I want to make it onto the world stage.
00:21I live in Longreach, a town where people come for the Outback Queensland experience.
00:26There's roughly a thousand kilometres between me and the resources I need to be a professional
00:31classical musician, but I refuse to let distance be a barrier.
00:41I come from a musical household.
00:43When I was 8, my grandfather gifted me his 100 year old trumpet, that's what got me started.
00:50Mum's a pianist and helped me in the beginning.
00:53I would listen to a piece of music and practice and practice until I sounded just like it.
00:59Four years ago, I started lessons with a professional trumpet player.
01:05We Skype on weekends.
01:06How's the practice going?
01:07Yeah, it's going good, Mark.
01:09Mark gives me specific exercises and techniques for trumpet.
01:12What we're going to do is buzzing, number one, on the buzzing hook.
01:22One of the most meaningful performances for me is Remembrance Day.
01:29It's my way of paying respect to people like my grandfather, who served.
01:34And thanking my parents, who have sacrificed so much so I can keep playing and improving.
01:40It's also my way of giving back to my community.
01:43Without their donations, I wouldn't be able to travel to Brisbane regularly to play in the Young Conservatorium.
01:51I'll never forget the feeling I got at my first rehearsal.
02:00Working with other amazing musicians to create this big sound, playing this crazy hard music, it's like nothing else.
02:07It's euphoric, and it makes me a better musician.
02:11One day, I hope when people think of Longreach, they think of a world-famous trumpet player.
02:19Close the song.
02:31Envoyant Women想
02:35Bee tú
02:37And Envoyant Estamos
02:38But we don't be able to fly.
02:39Excellent.
02:40Tell us a year now.
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