“Little by Little, You Catch the Monkey” – Alicia Rau

Trumpeter Alicia Rau grew up in rural southwest Iowa, studied abroad in Senegal, and now makes her home in New York. She plays her trumpet each night at 7pm to join the daily tribute to New York’s essential workers, and has also recorded around 40 school songs to celebrate students whose graduations and other activities were cancelled by the pandemic.

Visit her at www.aliciarau.com to hear more of her music, and check out her YouTube channel for her video series for kids “The Adventures of Squeaky T.”