Joey Nicodemus

Instrument: Trumpet

Favorite Brass to the Future song: ?

Background: Joey Nicodemus is the lead--and only--trumpet of Brass to the Future and helps keep the band in tune and balanced. Trained as a music educator, Joey knows better than anyone else how to keep a roomful of rowdy post-adolescents in line and on time. If Tyler is the Band President, then Joey is its dedicated first chair. As lead trumpet, Joey's ability to switch between upbeat jams and low-key grooves allows him to fit in perfectly with the group's frenetic arrangements.

Joey has the most musical training of anyone in Brass to the Future, having earned a B.M. in Music Education from the University of South Carolina in 2007. Joey is a math teacher at North Augusta Middle School in North Augusta, SC.

Joey has played with the USC University Band; the USC Basketball Pep Band; the USC Marching Band; and several small ensembles, chamber groups, and brass groups.