I've performed as a freelance trombone and tuba player from 1981 to the present. This has included many settings: orchestral, chamber music, traditional jazz, big bands, blues, bluegrass/folk, and occasional solo performance. 

• Studied trombone with Charles Raymond, Tom Everett, and Mike Lake; piano with Boaz Heilman; tuba with Blase Scarnati.  Attended week-long master classes given by Arnold Jacobs at Trenton St. College, 1989-90.

• Performed in Worcester, MA premiere of Berlioz Requiem with orchestra and chorus conducted by F. John Adams, 1985.

• Played euphonium in Holst's The Planets with Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, 1990.

• Member of Stan McDonald's Blue Horizon Jazz Band, 1988-89. Appeared at Down East Jazz Festival, Camden, ME, 1988. 

• Performed with New Bedford Symphony, Thayer Conservatory Orchestra, Greater Marlborough Symphony, North Shore Philharmonic, Mystic Valley Orchestra, Concord Orchestra, Harvard Wind Ensemble, and other Massachusetts symphonic groups, 1981-94.

• Appeared frequently with Jimmy Mazzy & Friends, 1984-94. Also made freelance appearances with other traditional jazz musicians including Robin Verdier, Lee Childs, Ray Smith, Scott Philbrick, Jeff Hughes, Michael Feldman, and other Boston-area notables during that time.

• Recorded horn tracks on Lighten Up, This Ain't Brain Surgery, by United Snakes (blues band), 1990. Made several cable TV appearances with Rob Carlson (guitar/vocalist).

• Played tuba and trombone with Jack Webb New Orleans Jazz Band, Flagstaff, AZ, 2000-4. Appeared at Motorola Chandler Jazz Festival, Chandler, AZ, 2001.

• Currently doing occasional solo and ensemble performances in services at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Flagstaff, AZ. Also currently a member of Northern Arizona University Trombone Choir.

• Member, American Federation of Musicians Local 586.

Return to home page