Melissa Venema Plays

Here is Taps played in its entirety. The original version of Taps was called Last Post. It was written by Daniel Butterfield in 1801. It was lengthy and formal, as demonstrated in this clip. In 
1862, it was shortened to 24 notes and re-named Taps.
Melissa Venema (age 13) from Holland plays the original version on a trumpet. The original Last Post was played on a bugle.
The conductor of the orchestra is Andre Rieu also from Holland.



Here Melissa plays it again, a year later.



Melissa moves easily into different music genre, the distinctive feature of a talented craftsperson. Sample them in the following 3 videos: