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He is a bass trombonist and teacher who studied at the
Juilliard School of Music in New York, and the Peabody Conservatory of
Music and has gone on to take further studies at Yale University. Winning many awards he has been in
receipt of ther Alice and Leary Taylor Prize, the Richard Franko Goldman
Prize and the Ruth Blaustein Orchestral Scholarship. In his
performance career he has played with the American
Brass Quintet, The Julliard Orchestra, Trombone Choir and the King's
Brass, who he has been a member of since 2001, the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra, members of the New
York Philharmonic, Utah
Symphony Orchestra
and National Symphony Orchestra and he is a co-founder
of ArsVentus Chamber Ensemble.
In his recording career he has appeared on Classic Hymns and Brass
and Organ with the King's Brass, In Gabriel's Day with the
American
Brass Quintet
, a recording with the Juilliard Trombone Choir led
by Virginia Allen and his latest release is an album recorded with the
trombonist Joseph Alessi. He
currently performs as a freelance musician based in Baltimore, Maryland. In the world of musical education
he is a faculty member of the Maryland Conservatory of Music and gives
private tuition to brass students and chamber music ensembles.
Sources:
- http://www.arsventus.com/Ars_Ventus_Bios.html
- http://www.kingsbrass.org/about.htm
- http://www.trumpetguild.org/2003conference/wed/102.html
- http://www.aktingmusic.com/Kings_Brass.html
- http://www.trumpetguild.org/pdf/2006journal/200603CDReviews.pdf
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