Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education - Oral Roberts University

Master’s of Music in Conducting - West Texas A&M University

Professional Associations

Texas Music Educators Association

Texas Band Masters Association

Texas Music Adjudicators Association

Phi Beta Mu

International Trumpet Guild

Personal Data

Born 1963 in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Married to Anna 13 years

Children - Ethan, Micah

Siblings - Two Brothers and Two Sisters

People I Admire Most

My father

Ronald Reagan

Clarence Thomas

Books I Recommend

The Dictionary!

Atlas Shrugged - Rand

The Fountainhead - Rand

Education of a Wandering Man - L’Amour

The Discoverers - Boorstin

The Walking Drum - L’Amour

My Life Among the Apaches - Cremeny

The Art of Musicianship - Farkas

Favorites

Activity - Fishing with Ethan and Micah

Book - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Composer - Beethoven

Band Composition - Hindemith Symphony for Band

Orchestra Composition - Mahler’s Fifth Symphony

Trumpet Piece - Halsey Stevens Sonata for Trumpet

Trumpet Player - Adolph “Bud” Herseth

Rock Band - Boston

Song - More Than a Feeling

Movie - Saving Grace (not the new one)

Soft Drink - Dr Pepper

Hamburger - Whataburger

French Fries - from the Italian Maid (I know, strange)

BBQ - my own!

Computer - Mac, of course!

My Gear

Bb Trumpet - Monette (early Chicago model) with Monette B12 Prana mouthpiece

C Trumpet - Monette model 937 with Monette C12 mouthpiece

Eb/D Trumpet - Schilke with Monette E15 mouthpiece

Piccolo - Schilke P54 with Monette AP3 mouthpiece

Computer Setup

SCHOOL: MacBook Pro with Dual Core 2.4 GHz, 2 gigs of RAM, and 120 gig HD, running Leopard 10.5.8; iMac 27-inch with 1T drive, 3.06 GHz, 4 gigs of RAM , Mac OS X Snow Leopard

HOME: Mac Mini with 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo,4GB memory, 320GB hard drive, Mac OS X Snow Leopard; PowerMac G4 with dual 1.2 gig processors, OS 10.5.8, 2 Serial ATA drives

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