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Ensembles
- North Dakota
- Texas
- Nevada
- Maryland
- Musical Activities Division (MAD); NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- New Jersey (Rutgers University)
- Wind Ensemble
- Jazz Band
- Marching Band
- Pep Band
- Plus multiple paying gigs with symphonic and operatic orchestras
Inspirational Artists
Teachers and Mentors
- Doug Elliott, embouchure and mouthpiece guru extraordinaire
- Brian Kauk, former principal trombone, Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet orchestras
- Carl Della Puruti, former student of Emory Remington at Eastman
My Stable
- Vintage Bach 16, dual-bore slide, made ca. 1969, BrassArk leadpipe. Mouthpiece: Denis Wick 4BS
- Shires custom large-bore tenor, Tru-Bore valve section, 1GT7 bell (also 3YM bell), Hoelle gold-brass tuning slide, BrassArk leadpipe Mouthpiece: Brass Ark/Bob Reeves Friedman 3G
- Shires alto, red brass bell and TIS slide in yellow brass, BrassArk leadpipe Mouthpiece: Griego Ωft α11
- Thein universal large-bore tenor; yellow-brass bell, lightweight nickel-silver handslide, Hagmann valve. Mouthpiece: Doug Elliott 103 XM