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Any and all questions on trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, performance and teaching. Please don't ask for an email appraisal of a particular instrument. I need to see, touch, and PLAY a horn before I can offer an OPINION of its value.
37 years playing, conducting, and teaching experience with elementary, high school, college, professional and military bands. Musical Theatre experience includes Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, The Wiz, Once Upon a Mattress, and Guys and Dolls.
Organizations
Member National Concert Band of America, Associate Conductor Kings Park Concert Band, Conductor Alexandria Citizens Band, Member 380th Army Band (U.S. Army Reserve)
Education/Credentials
Bachelor of Music Education in Instrumental Music, minor in Trumpet Performance, Chicago School for the Performing Arts (formerly Chicago Musical College) of Roosevelt University, Chicago. Studied trumpet with Tom Crown of the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra (and Tom Crown Mutes, Inc.)
Awards and Honors
Chicago All-City High School Band. Chicago All-City High School Orchestra.

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