PRIMARY INSTRUMENT
Trumpet
ORIGINALLY FROM
Casa Grande & Tucson, Arizona
CURRENT ENSEMBLE
Zonky Jazz Band
FAVORITE FOOD
Burritos...the perfect carrying case
Masters Degree in conducting in 2017 through the American Band College of Sam Houston State University
B.M. Music Education & Trumpet Performance in 2003, University of Arizona -Magna Cum Laude
Seven years teaching experience in Arizona as Director of Bands at Utterback Performing Arts Middle School in Tucson, Arizona
Current Artistic Director of the North Idaho Youth Symphonies
Former director of the Tucson JazzWerx, a regional jazz education program
Professional Trumpeter: performances with the Coeur d'Alene Symphony, Hot Club of Spokane, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Arizona Theatre Company, & the Disney All-Star Band.
Toured the U.S., Europe & Japan and has performed at Carnegie Hall.
Featured on the 2009 & 2010 Jerry Lewis MDA National Telethons with the Arizona Roadrunners Jazz Band.
Notable performances with Jerry Lewis, Linda Rondstadt, Art Garfunkel, Wayne Newton, Bernadette Peters, Doc Severinson, Marvin Hamlisch, The Smothers Brothers, The Lettermen, and The Temptations; touring broadway productions of Chicago, Legally Blonde, High School Musical, The Rat Pack and Full Monty
Coming soon...