Performance
Performance Portfolio:
Cruise Ship Work:
Music Director/lead and solo trumpeter on Carnival Cruise Lines
-Worked on the the Carnival Spirit, Spirit, Splendor, Sensation, Holiday, and Elation cruise ships
-As a musical director I managed three bands, four solo acts, composed/arranged/rehearsed/conducted the 10-piece show band, brought on fly-on acts, all musical equipment repairs, I ran everything needed for music on the cruise ship.
-As a performing musician, I played major production shows, in big bands, jazz groups, funk bands, blues bands, "fly-on" acts, comedy and juggling shows, and all other trumpet needed jobs
Big Band:
Blue Wisp Jazz Band
Boston Big Band (Simply Sinatra Big Band)
Compaq Big Band
Dick Donovan Big Band
Easy Money Jazz band
Hal McIntyre Band
Indian Hill Big Band
Jack Welch Big Band
Ken Mamayek 10-piece Jazz Band
Mood Swings Orchestra
New Legacy Swing Band
NY Express Jazz band
Ray Taranto Big Band
Russel Weissman Jazz Band
Soft Touch Big Band
Stage Music Jazz Ensemble
Suburbans Aires
The Pocket Big Band
Tom Nutile Big Band
Westwood Swing Band
Musicals:
Annie (2001)
Brigadoon (2007)
Cabaret musical (2014)
Chicago (2015)
Cinderella (2016)
Fiddler on the Roof (2006)
Grand Night of Singing (2011)
Guys and Dolls (2015)
How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying (2009)
Mary Poppins (2016)
Meet me in St. Louis (2005)
My Fair Lady (2005, 2016)
Once upon a mattress (2000, 2003)
Peter Pan (2015)
Pippin (2016)
Shrek: The Musical (2015)
Sound of Music (2000, 2016)
The King and I (2009)
The Wiz (2011)
The Wizard of Oz (2016)
Small Group Jazz:
Acton Jazz Cafe various small groups
Boston Impromptu small group
Bring Back Pluto
Hudson Legionaries Jazz
Jazz Trio with Thaddeus Bell and Brian Sampson
Monk Rowe small group
JQ Trio
Rick Montalbano small group
Ubud Jazz Cafe band (in Bali, Indonesia)
Yas and Friends
Orchestras:
Middletown Symphony Orchestra (Ohio)
Waltham Symphony Orchestra (MA)
Funk/Rock Bands:
American All-star band
Hipshots
Joey Scott & The Connection
Kickin-it!
Rico Moon Band
Soul Injection
Wind Ensembles and Brass Bands:
Atlantic Brass Band
Desert Brass Band
Dodgeville Band
Floyd Concert Band
La Banda Rosa Italian Band
Nashoba Valley Concert Band
New England Brass Band
New Hartford Citizens Band
Russel Weissman Parade Ensemble
Syracuse Brass Ensemble
Utica College Wind ensemble
Walter Ford Carter Brass Quintet
Church Work:
Belmont-Watertown United Methodist Church
-Handel's Messiah
-Vivalidi's Gloria
Covenant First Presbyterian Church (OH)
-Brass quartet with organ
Tremont Temple Baptist Church
-Handel's Messiah
Seven Mile Baptist Church in Seven Mile, OH
-Solo and Brass quartet work
St. John the Evangelist church in New Hartford, NY
-Solo Gabrielli concert with Tilda Orico
St Peter in Chains Cathedral in Hamilton
-Brass quartet
Wellesley Congregational Church, Central Street, Wellesley, MA, United States
-Brass quintet, organ, choir, bells gig
School Performance Experience:
Miami University of Ohio (Principal and Solo work) Wind Ensemble, Brass Choir, Jazz Band, Faculty Brass Quintet and Symphony Orchestra
-worked with Brad Goode, Benny Golson, Wynton Marsalis, Adam Rapa, all the members of the Canadian Brass
Independent study during my masters
-Performed in Chennai and Bangalore India with Carnatic schooled musicians on trumpet
-I also taught trumpet for almost 2 months in local schools and at an Orphanage in Chennai
-Performed in Ubud, Bali on Traditional Instruments.
Rowan University Concert Band (principle), Jazz Band, Trumpet Ensembles, Brass Choir
Crane school of music Concert band, Jazz Lab band (lead), Brass quintet (1st trumpet)
Onondaga Community College (lead/solo) Concert band, Jazz band, Brass quintet
Other Performance Experiences:
Vernon Downs racetrack Solo trumpeter (2002)
John Licata - Brass on the streets
Kids of America tour (lead/solo)
-I conducted, arranged, played and managed the band
Drum Corps. and related jobs:
Brigadiers DCA corps.
Grenadiers DCA corps. solo/lead soprano
Natick Legion Band
New Hartford Marching Band
Vagabonds Alumni