 HOMETOWN: Rockford, IL
UNI DEGREES: Bachelor of Music Education, May 1984
Master of Music in Trumpet Performance, May1988 ADDITIONAL DEGREES: 98 in the shade! EMAIL: WEBSITE: www.thedurtynellys.com
www.reallygoodmusic.com CURRENT RESIDENCE: Elk River, MN OCCUPATION: Director of Bands (6-12), Zimmerman, MN; Professor of Music History - College of St. Scholastica, St. Paul, MN; wind ensemble composer for Really Good Music GREATEST LIFE EXPERIENCE: Discovering the Holy Grail STRANGEST LIFE EXPERIENCE: Being profiled and questioned as a suspected IRA member in London's Heathrow airport GREATEST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Minnesota 'Teacher of the Year' in 1995; CMAB 'Artist of the Year' in 2005 for my composition "The Rising: A Tribute to the Irish Patriots of Easter 1916"; forming my Irish Rock Band - The DURTY NELLYS STRANGEST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Dressing up in liederhosen and traditional German wool costume as a sub for a MN German band, then 'oom-pah-ing' the night away. This Irish lad was not in his comfort zone!!! Also, playing lead trumpet for 'Superman the Musical' - yes there is such a show! UNI TRUMPET STUDIO MEMORIES: Test playing all of David Monet's leadpipes and mouthpieces with Keith Johnson before they got sent on to Herseth, Severinson, Marsalis, etc....; auditioning for Jack Graham with the flu: I played an excerpt - threw up - played the next excerpt - threw up again - played the last excerpt - threw up yet again - and still got the principal chair!!! | 
