EDUCATION
Master of Music 1988New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Science 1986
Mechanical Engineering
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island
ORCHESTRAL POSITIONS
Principal Trumpet Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Germany, 1989 to 2005.
Concurrent with principal trumpet of the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, &
principal trumpeter Leipzig Opera House.
TRUMPET TEACHERS
Albrecht Eichberger
Charles Schlueter
William Vacchiano
Bruce Hopkins
SOLO PERFORMANCE ENGAGEMENTS
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Leipzig Baroque Soloists,
Super World Orchestra (Tokyo), Bach Orchestra Leipzig, Bach Collegium Muenchen,
Leipzig Chamber Orchestra, Kammerphilharmonie Leipzig, Virtiosi Saxonia, & Thayer Symphony
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
State University of New York, Fredonia,
Gewandhaus Orchestra Academy,
Leipzig Conservatory of Music, Johann Sebastian Bach Music School, Leipzig
SOLO RECORDINGS
Festive Music for Trumpet and Organ, “CD of the Month” December 2003 Naxos
Leipzig Baroque Soloists, Kamprad Label 2002
Kantaten & Konzerte Camerate Leipzig, Beoton Label 1997
ORCHESTRAL RECORDINGS
37 Gewandhaus Orchestra symphonic CD & DVD recordings, under conductors Kurt Masur, Herbert Blomstedt,
Bernard Haitink, with artists Jessie Norman, Maxim Vengerov, Sviatoslav Richter, Alfred Brendel, under
EMI, Deutsch Grammophon, Decca, Sony Classic & Philips labels
RECOGNITION & AWARDS
Awarded honorary title”Kammervirtuos” from the city of Leipzig 2001
Jury member of the European “Young Concert Artists” Since 1991
New England Conservatory Concerto Competition Winner, 1988
New England Conservatory Honours Brass Quintet 1987
University of Rhode Island Concerto Competition winner 1985
Leonard Bernstein Fellowship, Tanglewood 1982
COMPOSITIONS
Composed a fanfare played by the Gewandhaus Orchestra/cond. Andre Boreyko, July
2003 “Spirits of Music” summer nights concert July 2003.
Arranged brass ensemble music recorded by Euro Arts for Japan Television/ NHK