Effective period / Period of releases: 1984

Born November 13, 1947 in Glendale, California, is an American conductor, composer and trumpet player.

Orchestra trumpet
1968 - 1970 Los Angeles Philharmonic
1970 - 1973 San Antonio Symphony
1974 - 1976 Pasadena Symphony Orchestra and Pasadena Chamber Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra
1976 - 1978 Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
1990 - 1992 Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester Basel, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Chamber music for Chicago Chamber Musicians, Chamber Music Northwest, St. Louis Brass Quintet, Fine Arts Brass Quintet, Summitt Brass, ...

Studio artist
Trumpet gigs in film studios (Star Trek 1, Gremlins, Rocky 2&3, Altered States, etc.)

Trumpet pedagogue
1993 - 2013 Professor of Music at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
2014 - Norwegian Music Academy Oslo/Norway, worldwide master classes

Founder of Professor of Fine Arts Brass Quintet (brass quintet) and Summit Brass (large brass ensemble)