 HOMETOWN: Hampton, IA
UNI DEGREE: Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance, May 2006 ADDITIONAL DEGREE: Master of Music in Trumpet Performance, Indiana University, May 2008 EMAIL: CURRENT RESIDENCE: Bloomington, IN OCCUPATION: full-time student GREATEST LIFE EXPERIENCE: Traveling to Italy (Wind Symphony) and Costa Rica (UNI Orchestra) STRANGEST LIFE EXPERIENCE: Finding out what REAL (not Olive Garden) Italian food tastes like! GREATEST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Playing Rite of Spring with the Indiana University Philharmonic to a packed house that gave us a standing ovation STRANGEST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Playing Cuban Pete on the Adventureland "Sky Wheel" (a.k.a. ferris wheel), while dressed in a cheesy florescent pink and blue bowling shirt UNI TRUMPET STUDIO MEMORIES: 1. Being a mentor to an underclassman my senior year was a greatly beneficial experience! 2. Attending masterclasses by Byron Stripling, Barbara Butler and Charlie Geyer, John Hagstrom, and Edmund Cord, not to mention the many-a-Friday afternoons with Dr. G, learning about much more than just trumpet playing! 3. Noah and Caleb's boxing match outside Russell Hall 4. Christian's heavily-dented straight mute | 
