Education
Doctor of Musical Arts - UNC-Greensboro - 2016
Post Graduate Certificate in Jazz Studies
Dissertation: Gil Askey’s (1925-2014) Horn Arrangements for the Four Tops and the
Temptations: A Lecture Recital
Masters of Trumpet Performance – NC School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC 1995
Post Graduate Study – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1986-1988
Bachelor of Music Education – Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 1986
Select Live Performances
"MJ: The Musical" National Touring Company - Charlotte & Durham, NC - 2023
"Ain't Too Proud" National Touring Company - Greensboro, NC - 2023
"Tina" National Touring Company - Charlotte, NC - 2023
"Mean Girls" National Touring Company - Charlotte & Greensboro, NC - 2022
"Wicked" National Touring Company - Greensboro, NC - 2021
“White Christmas” National Touring Company - Durham, NC - 2019
“Aladdin” National Touring Company - Durham, NC - 2019
The William Adam Trumpet Festival - Boone, NC - 2019
“Hello Dolly” National Touring Company - Durham, NC and Charlotte, NC - 2019
Pat Metheny - 2019
“4U: A Symphonic Celebration of the Music of Prince” - Charlotte, Asheville and Raleigh, NC - 2018
“Distant Worlds: The Music of Final Fantasy” - Durham, NC - 2018
Chick Corea - 2018
“Motown” National Touring Company - Durham, NC - 2017
“Matilda” National Touring Company - Raleigh, NC - 2017
The Elon University Jazz Ambassadors tour of Italy - 2016
The Great American Brass Band Festival - 2016
The UNCG Wind Ensemble - Prague, Bad Ischl, Innsbruck, Bologna, Rome - 2016
“Matilda” National Touring Company - Durham, NC - 2016
Gardner-Webb University Brass Festival - Boiling Springs, NC - 2016
Denny Dias - The Iridium Jazz Club - New York, NY - August 2015
High Point University Band Tour - Featured Soloist - 2015
The International Trumpet Guild Conference - Valley Forge, PA - 2014
The Chicago Blues Festival - Roy Roberts - 2010
The Carolina Horns - 2009-Present
Four Tops, Temptations
“Blue Skies, Golden Sands” tour with Legends of Beach and the North Carolina Symphony - 2008
Louise Mandrell’s Joy to the World Christmas Show - Opryland Hotel - Nashville, TN
The Seth Carper Big Band - Regent Seven Seas Cruise Lines Featured Artists - 2007
“West Side Story” Lead Trumpet - North Carolina School of the Arts
Ravinia Music and Arts Festival - Ravinia, IL - 2007
“I Can’t Stop Loving You” US Tour - Fall 2006
“Motown Love Machine” The Barn Dinner Theater, Greensboro, NC Summers 2006,’08 and ’10
The Louise Mandrell Theater, Pigeon Forge, TN - 1997-2006
Spirit of America National Honor Band Tour of Europe- Trumpet Soloist - 1994, 2001
Opryland, USA, Nashville, TN - 1989
Busch Gardens: The Old Country, Williamsburg, VA - 1987, 1988
“Ziegfeld: A Night at the Follies” Premier National Tour - 1991-1992
Motown Xmas Spectacular, Tour of England - 1996
Princess Cruise Lines TSS Sky Princess - 1988-1989
The Ray Alexander Orchestra, Charlotte, NC - 1993-2008
Selected Recordings
The Excelcia Winds Recording Ensemble - 2022-Present
Steve Haines and the Third Floor Orchestra - 2018
The North Carolina Brass Band - Christmas Wrapped In Brass - 2016
The North Carolina Brass Band - First In Flight - 2014
UNCG Jazz Ensemble I - 2014
Solo CD “Oceanfront” on the Aural Designs Group Label - 2004
Available on iTunes
The Tradewinds Ensemble (Recording Ensemble for Carl Fisher Publishing company) -
2002-2021
Tennessee Production Center, Inc. (Chartbuster Karaoke) Seymour, TN –
2002-2008
Rock House Records, Greensboro, NC - 1997-2008
The Four Tops’ Fortieth Anniversary DVD - 1995
The Four Tops “Christmas Here With You” - Motown Records - 1995
Performed With
Olivia Newton-John, Lou Rawls, Aretha Franklin, Kenny Rogers, Steve Lawrence, Bernadette
Peters, Rosemary Clooney, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ray Charles, Manhattan Transfer, Natalie Cole,
Michael Feinstein, the Woody Herman Band, the Tommy Dorsey Orchesta, Steve Allen, the
North Carolina Symphony, Bob Newhart, Linda Eder, the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orch-
estra Gerald Levert, Anastasia, Crystal Gayle, The Osmands Next Generation, The Pointer Sisters,
Alisha Elliott, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Davy Jones, Connie James, Clay Aiken, Debby Boone, Diane
Schuur, The Midtown Men, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Denny Dias, Johnny Mathis
Toured With
The Four Tops, the Temptations, the Spinners, Franki Valli and the Four Seasons, Mary Wilson,
the O’Jays, and Louise Mandrell
Televised Performances
"Christmas: A Time of Welcoming" (ABC) - 2023
“Shout Hallelujah” (Firebird Arts Alliance) - 2012
Lee Ann Womak and Friends Christmas Special (GAC) - 2002
“Motown Live” (Syndication) - 2000
“Louise Mandrell Celebrity Shoot” (TNN) - 1997, 1998 and 2000
“The Road” the Four Tops in Las Vegas (PBS) - 1995
Music Instructor
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 2023-Present
Appalachian State University - Interim Professor of Trumpet - Fall 2020, Spring 2022
Elon University - Jazz Ensemble Director - Instructor of Trumpet - 2016-2022
Elon Jazz Festival Director
UNCG Summer Music Camp - Instructor of Trumpet - 2014-2017
High Point University - Instructor of Trumpet - 2013-Present
Reagan High School, Pfafftown, NC - Instructor of Trumpet - 2012-2018
Moore Music Company - Greensboro, NC - Instructor of Trumpet - 2015-2016
The University of North Carloina at Greensboro - Teaching Assistant - 2013-2016
Weslyan Christian Academy, High Point, NC - Instructor of Trumpet - 2007-2014
Pfeiffer University, Mesenheimer, NC - Jazz Ensemble Director - 2010-2012
Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer, NC - Instructor of Trumpet (adjunct) - 2009-2012
Sevier County High School, Sevierville, TN – Instructor of Trumpet - 2005-2007
Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC – Instructor of Trumpet (adjunct) - 2002-2005
Greensboro Music Academy, Greensboro, NC - Instructor of Trumpet (Jazz) - 1994-95
Clinician/Adjudicator
Guilford County, NC All-County Jazz - 2023
North Carolina Northwest District Jazz MPA - 2019
North Carolina Music Educators Conference - 2018, 2023
North Carolina Central District Jazz MPA - 2017
Cedar Ridge High School - 2017
Western Alamance High School - 2017
Jazzit Festival - Cumiana, Italy - 2016
Gardner-Webb University - 2016
City of the Arts Jazz Festival - 2013, 2016
North Carolina Honors Jazz Ensemble - 2015
Carolina Band Festival - 2014, 2015
Appalachian State University Jazz Ensemble - 2008
University of Kentucky - 2008
Smoky Mountain Trumpet Retreat - Mars Hill, NC - 2003
Dollywood Band Festival - 2000
Trinity High School Marching Band Festival - 1994
Appalachian State University - 1992
Honors & Awards
Soloist with the North Carolina Brass Band - 2014, 2018
Soloist at NC Music Educators Conference with Western Alamance HS Jazz Ensemble - 2017
Soloist with High Point University Band - 2015
Soloist with High Point University Jazz Ensemble - 2013
Soloist with Pfeiffer University Wind Ensemble - 2010
Guest Artist with Appalachian State University Jazz Ensemble 1 - November 2005
Yamaha Performing Artist - 2002-2006
Horn arranger/producer for CAMMY Award winning blues song of the year,
I Slipped, Tripped and Fell In Love by Roy Roberts - 2003
Horn arranger/producer for Living Blues Magazine’s Soul/Blues album of the
year, From the Heart and Soul by Chick Willis - 2002
Music Education Coordinator for Louise Mandrell Theater - 2002
World Champions of the Festival Division of the World Music Contest in Kekrade,
Holland with the Spirit of America National Honor Band - 2001
Performed at the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife with Skeeter Brandon
& Hwy. 61 - 1996
Yamaha Performing Ensemble member with Hip Pocket Horns - 1993-1996
Appalachian State University Concerto/Aria Competition Winner - 1986
Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society
Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Professional Music Fraternity
Teachers
Joe Phelps- Appalachian State University William Adam – Indiana University
Dominic Spera – Indiana University Ray Mase – NC School of the Arts
Mark Clodfelter - UNCG Brandon Lee - UNCG