The Elysian Trumpet
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A Photographic History of the Elysian Trumpet
 
 
 
 
 

Mayfield's first notes on the Elysian Trumpet
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August 25, 2007

 
 
 
Cultural Ambassador Irvin Mayfield asks Lionel Ferbos, the senior trumpeter in New Orleans, to be the second to play the Elysian Trumpet

Lionel Ferbos plays Elysian Trumpet
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September 17, 2007


The Archbishop of Canterbury and Charles Jenkins
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Following performance on Elysian Trumpet, September 20, 2007

The Blessing of the Elysian Trumpet:

Christ Church Cathedral September 23, 2007

 

 

 

Artistic Warden Irvin Mayfield with Dean David duPlantier, Spiritual Warden, The Most Reverend Katherine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (USA) and the Right Reverend Charles Jenkins, Bishop of Louisiana preparing for the service at which the trumpet was formally dedicated.

Christ Church Cathedral
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September 23, 2007
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The Presiding Bishop prays over the Trumpet
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"Consecrate this trumpet to the service of all humanity"

At the White House...

January 28, 2008
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Irvin Mayfield performs at the White house before the State of the Union Address