 HOMETOWN: Dolliver, IA
UNI DEGREE: Master of Music in Trumpet Performance, May 1984
ADDITIONAL DEGREES: Doctor of Musical Arts, Eastman School of Music, 1989
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CURRENT RESIDENCE: Kansas City, MO
OCCUPATION: University Trumpet Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music
GREATEST LIFE EXPERIENCE: Being a Dad
STRANGEST LIFE EXPERIENCE: Being a Dad (okay, seriously: just generally being forced to become an adult)
GREATEST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Touring Hungary with trumpet and organ duo Clarion (Melody Turnquist Steed) or maybe playing Mahler 2 with St. Louis Symphony on Slatkin's final concert?
STRANGEST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Playing the Theme from Superman with an orchestra while rolling out on a huge wheeled stage, being conducted incredibly badly by the chairman of Wal-Mart. I'll never go in another Wal-Mart in my life!
UNI TRUMPET STUDIO MEMORIES: Dan Barth and I stealing about 8 bottles of champagne at the 1983 Scholarship Benefit Concert by tossing them out the window into the snow while Bob Byrnes watched and just shook his head. | 
