Instrument: Trumpet
Originally from: Concord, NH
Now reside in: Wellesley, MA
Age: No Age Statement; Cask Strength
Birthday: October 10
How did you get started? My older brother played the trumpet and I always remember hearing it around the house. He was my first teacher too.
What do you do when you’re not playing with ROCO? Associate Professor of Trumpet, Rhode Island College; Principal Trumpet (21 years), Rhode Island Philharmonic; play extra with Boston Symphony and Boston Pops; Cruise Director, Executive Chef, Director of Transportation- Chez Foley.
What did you do this summer? Finished putting together my first solo CD (finally!); Performances at Tanglewood with Boston Symphony; Buzzards Bay Chamber Music Festival (with Brian Lewis!); taught at MIRIC; performances with Rhode Island Philharmonic, Hartford Symphony, various chamber music groups, etc.; Building a retaining wall, patio, and gardens; Trips to New Hampshire, Maine, Buffalo (hello, Anchor Bar), and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Other than that, nothing.
Personal info: Married (20+ years), two great kids, two sweet dogs (though one is perhaps the dumbest dog ever to walk the face of the earth.)
Question you’re asked most often: How do you do that? (Answer: “I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.”)
Interests outside music: Big Boston sport fan, tennis, running, jazz, cooking (try the chili), grilling, single malt scotch.
Links: Breakfast, Bratwurst, Chorizo.
Education: BM Boston University, MM Boston University.
