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| Junior high school talent contest (1977). Played Barry Manilow’s “Mandy.” Didn’t win. Lost to a baton twirler. Life went on…. |
High School senior year, with my cousin Eric Keith (tuba). Massachusetts All-State Band principals (1982). |
California dreamin’ (1983). |
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| With Epic Brass Quintet in Salzburg, Austria (1985). Yet another misguided use of duct tape…. |
With Epic Brass Quintet in Rockport, MA (1985). |
Roger and me. Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute (1987). |
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| Boston Symphony performances of Strauss’ Elektra at Carnegie Hall, 1987. L-R: Warren Deck (tuba); Chester Schmitz (contrabass); me; Norman Bolter (second); Ron Barron (principal); and Douglas Yeo (bass trumpet). |
Tanglewood Music Center low brass (1988). L-R: Tom Hutchinson; Jay Evans; John DiLutis; Charles Villarrubbia; and shorty. (I am 6′ tall, incidently. Perhaps one of the tallest sections ever… someone get the Guinness Book….) |
San Francisco Opera performances of Wagner’s Ring Cycle (1990). L-R: Jeff Budin (bass trumpet); MacDowell Kenley (principal); Don Kennelly (second); Gerry Pagano (3rd/bass); myself on contrabass; and Zachariah Spellman (tuba). |
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| Bear Valley, CA Music Festival (1990). L-R: Martin Demos (principal); Steve Perdicaris (second); and me. |
Grand Canyon (1990). A solo recital for the deer and the antelope. |
NSO trombone section dance party with Inupiaq natives following recital in Barrow, Alaska (1992). |
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| National Symphony Trombone Section (1994). L-R: Milton Stevens (principal); James Kraft (second); John Huling (assistant); me. |
Pony-tailed at International Trombone Festival. Las Vegas, NV (1995). |
The difference between men and boys…. (1995) |
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| Holy smoke! NSO musicians pose for a photo published in an early issue of Cigar Aficionado magazine (1996). |
NSO section with Steve Shires (center) at his then-new shop (1996). |
Grand Teton Music Festival (1996). L-R. Roger Oyster (principal); Larry Zalkind (second); and me. |
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| Grand Teton Music Festival (1997). L-R: Michael Mulcahy (principal); Larry Zalkind (second); myself; and Gene Porkorny (tuba). |
Auditioning horns at the Shires factory (2003). |
Performing during masterclass at New England Conservatory (2003). |
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| Performing during masterclass at New England Conservatory (2003). |
Coaching during masterclass at New England Conservatory (2003). |
Coaching during masterclass at New England Conservatory (2003). |
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| NSO and Iraqi Trombones: L-R: Hussain Ali Ajeel, Milton Stevens, Fadhil Kouthir Abas and me (2003). |
Yo-Yo and Jim: Yo-Yo Ma sits with NSO cellist James Lee as part of the combined NSO-INSO orchestra (2003). |
NSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin joins members of the NSO and INSO brass sections during dinner (2003). |
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| Milt Stevens, Jim Kraft, Steve Hendrickson, David Finlayson and me (2004). |
The Ring Without Words low brass section: L-R: David Bragunier, James Kraft, Milton Stevens, Lorin Maazel, me, John Huling and Steven Dunkel (2004). |
National Orchestral Institute: L-R seated: James Kent, Kirk Ferguson, Samuel M. Barlow, Daniel Pendley, Ryan Scott and Jason Koi. L-R standing: Me, Douglas Wright and Mike Roylance. (2004) |
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| July 4 rehearsal at the U.S. Capitol (2004). |
Performing Eric Ewazen’s Ballade with the U.S. Army Orchestra at the Eastern Trombone Workshop (2005). |
Backstage at the J.F. Kennedy Center Concert Hall with N.S.O. Pops conductor Marvin Hamlisch following the last of three performances of Chris Brubeck’s Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra (2005). |
