 HOMETOWN: Urbandale, IA
UNI DEGREE: Bachelor of Arts in Music, Jazz Studies Minor, May 2008 ADDITIONAL DEGREE: Master of Music in Trumpet Performance, Indiana University, expected May 2010 EMAIL: CURRENT RESIDENCE: Bloomington, IN OCCUPATION: Student GREATEST LIFE EXPERIENCE: Experiencing life as it shoots random things my way STRANGEST LIFE EXPERIENCE: See above GREATEST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Probably either having to pull my weight for a WCFSO concert or sight reading a lead book on a gig STRANGEST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Anytime I've played with Noah Alvarado (Adventureland in particular) AND playing with the Grinnell Symphonic Band (especially when I had the solo on "Pictures at an Exhibition" and the conductor was looking at the clarinets for its entirety) UNI TRUMPET STUDIO MEMORIES: The pleasant, subdued atmosphere of Dr. Grabowski's office; the easy-to-understand way he told me how to breathe; the subtle jabs at the trumpet abilities in which I lack the most (my tonguing on "Festive Overture" is a fond memory); and finally all the other crazy trumpet players in the studio | 
