Owner/founder, trumpet instructor, music educator, 31 years in instrument repair, 25 years in piano tuning, 49 years a musician. With a Bachelor of Science w/emphasis in Music Education from Frostburg State Univ., Graduate studies in trumpet at Univ. of MD and Memphis State Univ., teaching assistantship at Memphis State, member of Memphis State Faculty Brass Quintet.

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Teachers include:
- Dr. Jon Bauman/FSU (composition and theory)
- Emerson Head/Univ. of MD (trumpet)
- Larry Skinner/Navy Commodores (jazz trumpet)
- Richard Steff/MSU (trumpet)
- Don Tison/Baltimore Symphony and Peabody Conser. (trumpet)
- Scott Holbert/U.S. Army Field Band,retired (trumpet)

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Member of:
- International Trumpet Guild
- NAPBIRT (National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair

  Technician)
- Past member of: Chesapeake Christian Fellowship Praise Bands,

  Annapolis Christian Big Band, Caliente Jazz Big band