What was originally supposed to be a trumpet solo transformed into a technology showcase for the Jazz Ensemble in this year’s Sing Song performances.

Derek Brown has been the director of jazz studies for over four years and is directing the Sing Song band for the fifth time this year. After discovering the app Bebot, Brown decided to use his iPad to recreate a tune from “Good Vibrations” during a Beach Boys medley. Bebot acts as a synthesizer, mimicking  an electronic instrument known as the theremin.

“The app is pretty fun to play with and really simple to use,” said Brown, instructor in saxophone and music theory. “You just slide your finger left or right to alter the pitch, and up and down for the volume.”

Brown said it didn’t take him long to add the solo to the medley.

“It didn’t really take any extra rehearsal time to add this,” he said. “In the future, with the way popular music seems to be headed, I could see us experimenting more with electronic instruments or effects.”

Brown will be performing the solo in each Song Song performance during the first song after intermission.

“It’s just a short little solo, but it’s a pretty fun little effect,” Brown said.