About

Ensembles

• North Dakota
  • UND Trombone Choir
    • Whatever parts are needed
  • Greater Grand Forks City Band
    • Whatever part is needed
• Texas
  • The Prevailing Winds
    • Whatever part was needed
  • Cypress Symphonic Band
    • Section Leader
    • Whatever part was needed
  • Pasadena Municipal Band
    • 1st
• Nevada
  • Reno Wind Symphony
    • 1st
  • Reno Pops Orchestra
    • 1st
• Maryland
  • Musical Activities Division (MAD); NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
    • Lead (jazz band)
• New Jersey (Rutgers University)
  • Wind Ensemble
    • Bass
  • Jazz Band
    • Lead
  • Marching Band
    • 1st
  • Pep Band
    • 1st
  • Plus multiple paying gigs with symphonic and operatic orchestras

Inspirational Artists

• Fabrice Millischer
• Christian Lindberg
• Bill Watrous
• James Pankow
• Maynard Ferguson

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