Performance
As a trumpeter and cornetist, I've performed as a soloist and with a number of ensembles since moving to Pine Bluff, AR.
| 2020 | Lead/Principal Trumpet with the Arkansas Shakespear Theatre's production of Into the Woods* |
| 2019 | Lead/Principal Trumpet with the Arkansas Shakespear Theatre's production of Guys and Dolls |
| 2018 | Lead/Principal trumpet in the Southeast Arkansas Arts and Sciences Center’s production of Sister Act |
| 2018 | Trumpeter with the River City Men's Chorus performance and recording, The Beat Goes On |
| 2017 | Trumpeter with the Arkansas Repertory Theatre's production of Sister Act |
| 2016-2017 | Trumpeter with the Arkansas Shakespear Theatre's production of West Side Story and The Music Man |
| 2016 | Trumpeter with the Arkansas Repertory Theatre's production of Spamalot |
| 2016-present | Trumpeter with the UAPB Faculty Brass Quintet |
| 2015 | Lead trumpeter in the Untapped performance: Legends of Rhythm |
| 2014-2015 | Lead/Principal (sub) trumpet in the Arkansas Repertory Theatre’s productions of Memphis, Elf, Mary Poppins, and The Little Mermaid |
| 2011-2015 | Lead/Principal trumpet in the Argenta Community Theater’s productions of Mrs. Miniver, Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Cabaret |
| 2011 | Performance of Jauchzett Gott in allen Landen (Kantate BWV 51) by J. S. Bach with Dr. Heidi Cohenour-Gordon and Dr. André Strydom |
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2010
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Recitals given with Dr. Heidi Cohenour-Gordon and Dr. André Strydom – performing works by Scarlatti, DeFalla, Gershwin, and Plog |
| 2010 | Solo trumpet performance and lecture/demonstration given at the Arkansas Trumpet Guild conference |
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2009-present
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Cornet player and featured soloist with the Natural State Brass Band - performances as Solo, Repiano, and Soprano cornet Performances include North American Brass Band Championships, Four States Bandmasters Association Conference, International Trombone Festival with Soloists Douglas Yeo and Justin Cook, and the International Tuba Euphonium Conference |
| 2009-present | Principal trumpeter with the Capitol Brass Quintet |
| 2009 | Solo trumpet performance (Intrada by Otto Ketting) and UAPB trumpet ensemble director at the first meeting of the Arkansas Trumpet Guild |
| 2009 | Band leader and cornet soloist in the first annual Mardi Gras concert at UAPB - a presentation of traditional Dixieland music by faculty and students |
| 2008-2011 | Lead/Principal trumpet in the Southeast Arkansas Arts and Sciences Center’s production of Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, The King and I, and 42nd Street |
| 2008 | Second trumpet in the Clark Terry Big Bad Band for the Second Annual Clark Terry Jazz Festival. Soloists included Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove, Ernie Andrews, Shawnn Monteiro, Wendy Oxenhorn, and Denise Thimes |
| 2007-2015 | Trumpeter with the Pine Bluff Symphony orchestra - performances as section and principal trumpet |
| 2007 | Second trumpet in the Southeast Arkansas Arts and Sciences Center’s production of Oklahoma |
| 2007-present | First trumpet and soloist with the Pine Bluff Community Band |
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2007-present
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Featured trumpeter for the White Hall Museum’s Veteran’s and Memorial Day ceremonies (National Anthem, Taps and To the Color) |
| 2006-present | Frequent soloist for Trinity Episcopal Church, including performances for Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori and Bishops Larry Earl Maze and Larry R. Benfield. Pine Bluff, AR |
| 2006 | Trumpet soloist in a UAPB faculty jazz combo and pianist in a student jazz ensemble in a concert of American jazz and gospel music presented by Phi Mu Alpha |
| 2005-present | Guest appearances as lead and solo trumpet with the UAPB Jazz Ensemble and UAPB Wind Symphony |
| 2005-2015 | Frequent trumpet soloist/principal trumpet in the annual UAPB production of Messiah |
| 2005 | Premiered Chè il nome mio ancor molto non suona, an interactive work for trumpet and computer, at the Southeaster Composers League Forum. |
| 2003-2005 | Trumpet and keyboard soloist in the GTR Jazz Ensemble |
| 2002-2006 | Trumpet soloist and brass ensemble leader at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Columbus, MS |
| 2003 | Conductor of the Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra |
| 2001-2003 | Trumpeter with the Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra - performances as section and principal trumpet |
| 2001 | Principal trumpet in the University of Mississippi's production of The Yeoman of the Guard |
| 2000 | Trumpet soloist in Postcards from Prague, a concert of Czech music organized by Dr. Judith Coe. Performed the Suite for Trumpet and Piano by Vaclav Nehlybel |
| 1997 | Performer in the inaugural concert of the University at Buffalo Slee Sinfonietta (Wagner’s Siegfried – Idyll) |
| 1994-1998 | Active participant in the University at Buffalo Philharmonic (including principle performances in Orff’s Carmina Burana Varese’s Octandre, and symphonies of Beethoven, Schubert, and Shostakovich). |
| 1994-1997 | Active participant in the University at Buffalo Contemporary Ensemble (performing works by Britten, Feldman, Stockhausen, and Stravinsky). |
| * Production canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
Master Classes
Performances in master classes for the following artists.
Bernard Adelstein
Alex Holton
Frank Kaderabic
Tony Plog
Eric Ruske
Michael Sachs
Clark Terry
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