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Porch concerts from a 14-year-old trumpeter

When lockdown called off the concerts, Aiden Peterson took his trumpet outside. He's 14, and he plays for older people in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. more

He stands in the open air beside a stone building with windows along the wall, lifts the horn and plays. Nobody has to leave the house to hear it.

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With concerts called off, Aiden brings his trumpet outside.

The people he plays for are older, and they stay indoors. They listen from inside while he plays on the other side of the glass.

A child plays the trumpet outside a house with older adults watching from inside; scene takes place in spring or summer with white-painted shutters and greenery visible. The headline runs in white letters across the lower third.Save
When lockdown called off the concerts, Aiden Peterson took his trumpet outside.

At one house with white shutters, he plays close to the window. An older woman watches from inside, smiling.

A boy plays a trumpet outside, next to a window with white trim and shutters. A headline runs in white letters across the lower third.Save
At a house with white shutters, Aiden plays close to the window for the people inside.

Aiden is an eighth grader at The Shipley School, and he has played the trumpet since he was five. He's also a bugler who plays Taps for the US military.

The trumpet isn't his only instrument. He also plays cello at the bedside of patients at the Philadelphia VA. At 14, he already has three kinds of audience, and one of them is the folks watching from their windows.