Current Position:

Tucson Symphony Orchestra: Principal Trombone, 2000 - present

Experience:

Chicago Symphony Orchestra:

First substitute, recordings, tours, Ravinia Festival, 1989-2000

Fall season, Second Trombone, 1989

London Symphony Orchestra:

Second Trombone trial, spring, 1998

Detroit Symphony Orchestra:

Substitute Principal Trombone, spring, 1997

2000-01 Second Trombone substitute

European tour, fall, 2001

St. Louis Symphony:

Substitute Principal Trombone, June, 1997

Lyric Opera of Chicago:

Second Trombone, Wagner Ring cycle, 1996

The World Orchestra: Sir Georg Solti, conductor:

Principal Trombone, Second Trombone

Geneva, Switzerland, 1995, Baden Baden, Germany, 1998, London, England, 2000

Honolulu Symphony Orchestra:

Second Trombone (Associate Principal), 1990-1996

Savannah Symphony Orchestra:

Principal Trombone, 1987-88

Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble:

Bass Trombone, 2002, 2005 US Tours

Grand Teton Music Festival:

Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, 1996-2004

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music:

Second Trombone, 2004

Grant Park Symphony Orchestra:

Second Trombone, 1995

Arizona Opera:

Bass Trombone, Wagner Ring cycle, 1998

Audition Rankings:

Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Second Trombone finalist, 1989

San Francisco Symphony: Second Trombone finalist, 1994

Lyric Opera of Chicago: Second Trombone finalist, 1995

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra: Second Trombone runner-up, 1996

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Principal Trombone finalist, 1997, 1998, 1999

Colorado Symphony Orchestra: Bass Trombone runner-up, 1997

London Symphony Orchestra: Second Trombone finalist, 1998