"Performing Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 by J. S. Bach with the Maui Symphony Orchestra was a special delight for me."

Trumpet   For the last several years, I have had a great time performing in the brass section of the Foothill Orchestra as well as performing with the Silicon Valley Symphony in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the recent past, I experienced many wonderful musical opportunities performing in the Maui Symphony Orchestra while living in Hawaii for more than a year. A few things I did included: organizing and preparing a British Marching Band for the CNA Insurance world-wide convention, performing with recording artist Eric Gilliom and his Martini Time Jazz group shortly after Eric's return from Carnegie Hall, playing a benefit concert with the South Seas Dixieland Band under the direction of Lisa Owen, and recording a track on Jimmy C's new CD Fallin' in Love Again.

Résumé Summary   Recent Performing Groups 2000 - 2003 Silicon Valley Symphony, Cupertino, California. Michael Paul Gibson, Music Director and Conductor. 1997 - 2003, Foothill Orchestra, Los Altos Hills, California. Michael Paul Gibson, Music Director and Conductor. Some Recent Employment First Trumpet, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Los Angeles Production starring Jennifer Holliday. Bobby Nafaretti, Music Director and Arranger, Pacific Entertainment Productions. Principal Trumpet, Maui Symphony Orchestra, Maui, Hawaii. James French, Conductor. First Trumpet, Crazy for You Broadway Show, Maui Academy of Performing Arts Production. Stephen Haynes, Music Director. Principal Trumpet, Valley Isle Symphony, Maui, Hawaii. Jim Durham, Conductor. Maui Brass Ensemble, under the direction of Lisa Owen, Principal Tuba, Maui Symphony Orchestra. Training Symphonic trumpet studies with: David S. Goedecke, Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific Joyce Johnson, Stanford University, Stanford, California David Burkhart, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Jazz trumpet studies with: Dr. Herb Patnoe, De Anza College, Cupertino, California Bob Soder, Jazz composer and pianist Stan Kenton Orchestra trumpet section, Stan Kenton Clinics, University of Redlands, Redlands, California Selected Awards & Recognition Outstanding Soloist, Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, California Citation for Outstanding Musicianship, NAJE National Convention, Northridge, California Command Performance, Baroque Trumpet. CMEA Music Festival, Concord, California President's Scholar Award, San Jose State University, San Jose, California Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, San Jose State University Education Alumnus, Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California B.A. with Great Distinction, San Jose State University, San Jose, California M.A., San Jose State University, San Jose, California M.F.A., John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, California