Goose bumps are not something one just decides to have. The body produces goose bumps when it experiences fear, wonder, the unexpected, or profound beauty. I had an unmistakable case of goose bumps in Bloomington, Indiana, when Chris Gekker and composer Eric Ewazen premiered Ewazen's "Sonata for Trumpet and Piano" at the 1995 ITG conference." "...trumpeters will like playing it and audiences will love hearing it.