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Trumpet Lessons

  • Breathing, Sound, Posture (Readiness)
  • Flexibility, Range, Technique
  • All State Ensemble Auditions
  • High School Ensemble Repertoire
  • Improvisation

Career Highlights: Band and Classical

  • University of Arkansas Little Rock Music Professor (1982 - 2023)
  • Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO, 1983-84, 2nd; 1984 - 87, 3rd as needed)
  • Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (1972, Substitute Principal Trumpet)
  • Trumpet Lecturer, University of Tennessee (UT, 1977 - 79), 
  • UT Faculty Brass Quintet (1977-81)
  • 1st High School Musician featured with the United States Air Force Band, Washington, D.C. (1969)
  • 1st Chair Trumpet, All-Virginia High School Band (1968, 1969)

Career Highlights: Jazz and Popular Music

  • Tours (1975-81) Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson (The Jacksons), Diana Ross, The O’Jays, The Temptations, Lou Rawls, The Spinners, Tom Jones, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra,
  • Jazz Performances (1970s-present): Pharoah Sanders, Gregory Tardy, Jerry Coker, Alvin Batiste, Airto Moriera, Carl Fontana, Victor Wooten, Jack DeJohnette, Frank Sinatra, Donald Brown, Art Porter, Charles Thomas, Stan Samole, Stefano Sabatini. Lead trumpet with the ASO for Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, and Buddy Rich.
  • ICX Jazz Tours to numerous countries (1996-present)
  • President, Arkansas Chapter of the National Association of Jazz Educators (1985-87)
  • Mentored at UT Graduate School, 1978-82, by Jerry Coker (jazz soloist, teacher, author, pedagogue)
  • Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame (2014)