Dr. Michael Averett 5624 SW Avalon Ln Topeka, KS 66604

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Contact

765.749.2599 (Cell) [email protected] [email protected]

Education

Doctor of Arts, 2010 Primary-Trumpet Performance Secondary-Conducting Ball State University

Master of Music, 2006 Music Performance (Trumpet) Ball State University

Bachelor of Arts, 2002 Music Performance (Trumpet) Lenoir-Rhyne University

Teaching

Washburn University (2008-present)

• Applied Trumpet • Trumpet Ensemble • Brass Techniques • WU 101 (University) • Enjoyment of Music • P.E.T. Program (CAS) • History of • • Instrumental Clinic • University Band

Ball State University (2004-2008)

• Conducting • Studio Trumpet • Trumpet Ensemble • Music Appreciation (substitute) 2

Taylor University

• Art as Experience

Clinics/Masterclasses/Sectionals Presented

• Mahidol Conservatory of Music, Bangkok, Thailand (2019) • Ho Chi Minh Conservatory, Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) Vietnam (2019) • Hu Tech University, Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) Vietnam (2019) • University of Economics and Finance, Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) Vietnam (2019) • Topeka West High School (2019) • Topeka High School (2019) • Eudora High School (2019) • Seaman High School (2019) • Rossville Jr./Sr. High (2019) • Chung Yuan Christian University, Taipei, Taiwan (2018) • University of the Arts, Nanjing, China (2018) • University of Aerospace and Aeronautics, Nanjing, China (2018) • Shanghai Arts Academy, Shanghai, China (2018) • Kansas State University (2018) • Hayden High School (2018) • Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music, Vietnam (2017) • UMKC Conservatory of Music (2017) • St. Mary’s College, Omaha, NE (2016) • Missouri Western University (2016) • Johnson County Community College (2016) • William Jewell College (2015) • Kansas City Kansas Community College (2015) • Holton High School (2015) • Seaman High School (2014) • Sante Fe Trail High School (2014) • Garden City High School (2013) • Liberal High School (2013) • Cimarron High School (2013) • Desoto High School (2013) • Lawrence High School (2013) • Topeka High School (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) • Bishop Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) • McClure Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) • McEachron Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) • Williams Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) • Scott Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) • Whitson Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) • Meadows Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) • Randolph Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) • Stout Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) • McCarter Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) • Lowman Hill Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) • State Street Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) 3

• Garfield Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) • Ross Elementary School (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) • Modern Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China (2011) • Rock Creek High School (2009, 2010) • Topeka Youth Wind Ensemble (2009, 2010) • Fountain City Youth Brass Academy (2009, 2010) • Seamen High School (2010, 2014) • Washburn Rural High School (2010) • Topeka West High School (2008, 2009, 2010) • Shawnee Heights High School (2010) • Royal Northern Conservatory, , UK (2009) • Bolton Youth Brass Band, Bolton, UK (2009) • Boscombe Brass Band, Boscombe, UK (2009) • Topeka Youth Symphony (2008, 2009) • Highland Park High School (2008, 2009) • Carmel High School (2006)

Private Teaching Student Accomplishments

• Parker Blackinton, First chair, Northeast Kansas District Band (2020) • Alex Stinson, Fourth chair, Kansas All-State Band (2019) • Alex Stinson, First chair, Northeast Kansas District Band (2018) • Austin Newell, Fourth chair, Northeast Kansas District Band (2018) • Derrick Quinn, Third chair, Kansas All-State Band (2018) • Derrick Quinn, Second chair, Northeast Kansas District Band (2017) • Dalton Imhoff, Second chair, Kansas All-State Band (2017) • Dalton Imhoff, selected to perform for the Kansas City Symphony’s educational masterclass series led by Principal Trumpet, Julian Kaplan (2017) • Dalton Imhoff, Second chair, Northeast Kansas District Band (2016) • Derrick Quinn, Third chair, Northeast Kansas District Jazz Band (2016) • Erick Sherman, Second chair, Northeast Kansas District Band (2015) • Andrew Clapp, Second chair, Kansas All-State Jazz Band (2014) • Cameron Smith, Fourth chair, Northeast Kansas District Band (2014) • Jasper Shrake, First chair, Kansas All-Sate Band (2013) • Jasper Shrake, Lead Trumpet, Kansas All-State Jazz Band (2013) • Jasper Shrake, First chair, Northeast Kansas District Band (2013) • Isaac Hopkins, First chair, Kansas All-State Band (2012) • Isaac Hopkins, First chair, South Central Kansas District Band (2012) • Isaac Hopkins, First chair, Kansas All-State Band (2011) • Isaac Hopkins, First chair, South Central Kansas All-State Band (2011) • Isaac Hopkins, First chair, Kansas All-State Band (2010) • Nick Scott, Second chair, Kansas All-State Band (2009)

National and International

• Trumpet Studio Trip to Denton, TX. Attended the National Trumpet Competition (2018) • Trumpet Studio Trip to Denver, CO. Attended the National Trumpet Competition (2017) 4

• Trumpet Studio Trip to , Il. Attended Mid-West Music Conference, Chicago Symphony performance, Canadian Brass Performance, Schilke Factory Tour. (2013) • Trumpet Studio trip to perform and attend the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Grand Rapids, MI (2013) • Trumpet Studio trip to Chicago, IL. Attended a performance of the Chicago Symphony, a masterclass with and John Hagstrom, and a tour of the Schilke Factory. (2012) • Student Jazz Combo trip to China. A One-week residency at Shanghai Normal University and a One-week residency at Beijing Conservatory of Contemporary Music. (2011) • Trumpet Studio Trip to perform and attend the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Harrisburg, PA. (2009)

Student Accomplishments

• Jasper Shrake recorded his second solo album, New Horizon (Fall 2020) • Dalton Imhoff-Brey won principal trumpet of the Kansas Intercollegiate Band (Spring 2019) • Jasper Shrake recorded his first solo album, NO LIMITS (Fall 2017) • Jasper Shrake won a national audition for The Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia National Conference 1899 Jazz (Summer 2015) • Juan Rodriguez 10’ was accepted and completed a Master’s of Music at Arizona State in Trumpet Performance (Spring 2012) • Isaac Hopkins was accepted an assistantship to pursue a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Michigan in Trumpet Performance (Spring 2019) • Isaac Hopkins completed a Master’s Degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of Michigan (Spring 2019) • Jonathan Ward 14’ was accepted at the Mendez Summer Brass Institute in Denver, Colorado (Summer 2012) • Isaac Hopkins was accepted at the Mendez Summer Brass Institute in Denver, Colorado (Summer 2012) • Dalton Imhoff was accepted at the Mendez Summer Brass Institute in Denver, Colorado (Summer 2018) • Amanda McCullough 11’ was accepted and is currently enrolled in the DMA program at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln • Amanda McCullough 11’ was accepted and completed a Master’s of Music at the University of Nebraska in Trumpet Performance and Composition (Spring 2013)

Scholarship/Professional Engagement

Large Ensemble Performances

• I.H.S. World Orchestra (2017 - Present) • Free State Brass Band (2019) • Wichita Grand Opera (2018, 2019) • Topeka Symphony (2016, 2017, 2019) • NAVO Chamber Orchestra (2016, 2017) 5

• Kansas City Ballet and Owen Cox Dance Company (2016) • Lead Trumpet, Topeka Jazz Workshop (2015) • Repiano , Fountain City Brass Band, Kansas City, MO (2009-2011) • Solo Cornet, Fountain City Brass Band, Kansas City, MO (2008-2009) • Salvation Army International All-Star Band, Charlotte, NC (2009) • Orquestra Sinfonica Nuevo Leon, Monterey, Mexico (2004) • 3rd trumpet, Columbus (IN) Philharmonic Orchestra (2003-2008) • Fort-Wayne (IN) Bach Collegium (2006) • 3rd trumpet, Muncie (IN) Symphony Orchestra (2004-2007) • Principal trumpet Muncie (IN) Symphony Orchestra (2007 – 2008) • 3rd trumpet, Marion (IN) Philharmonic Orchestra (2004-2008) • Carmel (IN) Symphony Orchestra (2007-2008) • Principal trumpet, Louisville New Chamber Orchestra (2003) • JCC Orchestra of Louisville (2002-2003) • Owensboro (KY) Symphony Orchestra (2003) • South Carolina State Symphony (2000) • Solo Cornet, Derby City Brass Band, Louisville, KY (2002-2004) • Solo Cornet, Old Crowne Brass Band, Fort Wayne, IN (2008) • St. Joseph Choral Society, St. Joseph, MO (2008) • Hickory Choral Society, Hickory, NC (1999-2002) • Shawnee Choral Society, Topeka, KS (2008) • Western Piedmont Symphony Orchestra Hickory, NC (2001-2002) • Topeka (KS) Civic Theatre (2008 – 2015) • Hickory (NC) Civic Theatre (1999-2002)

Solos and Recital

• Featured Soloist on the Great Spaces of Kansas virtual recital series (November 2020) • Featured Soloist with the IHS World Orchestra on the fall 2019 tour to Vietnam and Thailand. • Featured Soloist with the Free State Brass Band at the U.S. Open Brass Band Championships (November 9th, 2019) • Faculty Recital (November 28th, 2018) • MIENT DUO performed live on Kansas Public Radio (August 29th, 2018) • Recital with MIENT DUO (July 6th, 2018) • Recital with MIENT DUO (July 3rd, 2018) • Featured Soloist with the Washburn University Wind Ensemble (April 30th, 2018) • Featured Soloist with the Washburn University Symphony Orchestra (February 20th, 2018) • Faculty Recital (September 28th, 2017) • Faculty Recital (April 18th, 2017) • Featured Soloist, on a World-Premiere Commission, with the Washburn University Wind Ensemble (May 5th, 2017) • Faculty Recital (November 18th, 2016) • Faculty Recital (April 21st, 2016) • Faculty Recital (October 27th, 2015) • Faculty Recital (April 7th, 2015) 6

• Faculty Recital (November 20th, 2014) • Faculty Recital (March 16th, 2014) • Faculty Recital (November 3rd, 2013) • Featured Soloist with the Topeka High School Wind Ensemble (May 6th, 2013) • Featured Soloist with the Topeka High School Wind Ensemble (May 9th, 2012) • Featured Soloist with the Washburn University Symphony Orchestra (November 10th, 2011) • Featured Soloist with the Washburn University Wind Ensemble (August 28th, 2011) • Performing Artists Series Trumpet Recital at Washburn University. (February 18th, 2011) • World-premiere performance for David Maslanka masterclass. (February 23rd, 2011) • Featured soloist with the Washburn University Wind Ensemble. (February 24th, 2011) • Featured soloist as part of a Topeka Festival Singers concert series. (May 16th, 2011) • Featured Soloist with the Washburn University Wind Ensemble (October 18th, 2010) • Featured Soloist at the Mosaic Concert with the Washburn University Music Department, Topeka, KS (2010) • Featured soloist with the Washburn University Marching Band at the Capital City Marching Festival (October, 2010) • Topeka Festival Singers (2009) • Faculty Recital, Washburn University (2009) • Faculty Recital, Washburn University (2008) • Guest Recitalist, Hickory Humanity for the Arts retreat (Spring, 2002) • Featured Soloist with the Lenoir-Rhyne University Wind Ensemble (November, 2001 • Guest Recitalist, Western Piedmont Arts Council (Spring, 2001) • Guest Recitalist, Hickory Humanity for the Arts retreat (2001)

Chamber Brass

• The Washburn Faculty Brass Quintet performed live on Kansas Public Radio (October 26th, 2018) • Featured Concert at the International Horn Symposium in Ithaca, NY with the Washburn University Faculty Brass Quintet (June 16th, 2016) • Feature artist on Kansas Public Radio and the Great Spaces concert series with the Washburn University Faculty Brass Quintet, (October 15th, 2017) • Faculty Chamber Recital with Washburn Faculty Brass Quintet (April 26th, 2016) • Founder and over 200 Washburn University Faculty Brass Quintet, Local and Regional Performances in Kansas and Missouri, (2008 – 2016) • Tour (William Jewell College, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Johnson County Community College, Topeka High School, Sante Fe Trail High School) (Fall 2015) • Great Spaces Concert Series, Topeka, KS (2014) • Kansas Music Educator’s Association State Convention, Wichita, KS (2013) • Clay Center Honor’s Band Festival, Clay Center, KS (2012) • Hidden Glen Arts Festival, Kansas City, MO (2008) • Zona Rosa Arts Festival, Kansas City, MO (2008) 7

• Washburn University Faculty Trio (2008) • Founder, Central Indiana Brass (2004 -2008) • Ball State University Faculty Brass Quintet (2004 - 2008) • Unifour Brass Ensemble (1996 - 2002)

Competitions

• 2019 U.S. Open Brass Band International Competition, 3rd Place • 2010, U.S Open Brass Band International Competition, 2nd Place • 2010, North American Brass Band Championship High Brass Technical Solo Division Participant • 2010, North American Brass Band Championship, Championship Division Winner • 2009, Scottish Open Brass Band Championships, Champion (First North American Band in History to win a major European Championship) • 2009, Brass in Concert World Brass Band Competition in Newcastle, , 7th Place • 2009, U.S Open Brass Band International Competition, Champion • 2009, North American Brass Band Championships, Championship Division Winner • 2008, U.S. Open Brass Band International Competition, Champion • 2004, Semi-Finalist, National Trumpet Competition • 2003, Semi- Finalist, National Trumpet Competition • 2002, Semi-Finalist, National Trumpet Competition

Music Theatre (Equity Theatre and Off-Broadway)

• Singing in the Rain, Topeka Civic Theatre () • In the Heights, Topeka Civic Theatre (Spring 2019) • Wild Party, Ad Astra Theatre (Fall 2018) • Newsies, Topeka Civic Theatre (Summer 2018) • High Fidelity, Ad Astra Theatre (Spring 2018) • Beauty and the Beast, Topeka Civic Theatre (Summer 2017) • Heathers, Topeka Civic Theatre (Summer 2017) • Nunsense, Topeka Civic Theatre (Fall 2016) • Little Mermaid, Topeka Civic Theatre (Summer 2016) • Memphis, Topeka Civic Theatre (Spring 2016) • Adams Family, Topeka Civic Theatre (Fall 2015) • Wizard of Oz, Topeka Civic Theatre (Summer 2015) • Evita, Ad Astra Theatre (Fall 2014) • Catch Me if You Can, Topeka Civic Theatre (Fall 2014) • Mary Poppins, Topeka Civic Theatre (Summer 2014) • Young Frankenstein, Topeka Civic Theatre (Spring 2014) • A Chorus Line, Ad Astra Theatre, Topeka, KS (Fall, 2013) • Spamalot, Topeka Civic Theatre (Fall 2013) • Les Miserables, Topeka Civic Theatre (Summer 2013) • Hairspray, Topeka Civic Theatre (Spring 2013) • Legally Blonde, Topeka Civic Theatre (Fall 2012) • The Sound of Music, Topeka Civic Theatre (Summer 2012) • A Christmas Carol, Topeka Civic Theatre (Winter 2011) 8

• Peter Pan, Topeka Civic Theatre (Summer 2011) • White Christmas, Topeka Civic Theatre (Winter 2010) • Fiddler on the Roof, Topeka Civic Theatre (Summer 2010) • Annie Warbucks, Topeka Civic Theatre (Fall 2008) • Cinderella, Hickory Community Theatre (Spring 2002) • Oliver, The Playmakers Repertory Company, Valdese, NC (Spring, 1997) • Once Upon A Mattress, Lenoir-Rhyne University (Spring, 2000) • The Music Man, The Playmakers Repertory Company, Valdese, NC (Spring, 1996)

Conducting

• Washburn University, Marching Band (Fall 2009 to Fall 2013) • Washburn University, University Band (Fall 2008 to Spring 2010) • Heartland of America Air Force Band (July 2010) • The Washburn University Trumpet Ensemble (Fall 2008 to Present) • The Washburn University Trumpet Ensemble at the International Trumpet Guild’s 34th annual International Conference • The National Anthem with the Washburn University Trumpet Ensemble at a Kansas City Royals Game (July 2009) • Ball State University Summer Band Concert (Summer 2008)

International Scholarly Productivity

• A three-week tour with the IHS World Orchestra through Vietnam and Thailand. Highlights included performances in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Chonburi, Thailand and Bangkok, Thailand. (Fall 2019) • A three-week tour with the IHS World Orchestra through China and Taiwan. Highlights included performances in Guangzhou, China, Nanjing, China, Shanghai, China, Beijing, China and Taipei. (Fall 2018) • A three-week tour with the IHS World Orchestra through China and Vietnam. Highlights included performances in Guangzhou, China, Hanoi, Vietnam and Saigon, Vietnam (Fall 2017) • Performance at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music (Fall 2017) • Performance at the Saigon University (Fall 2017) • Two faculty-led performances of the Washburn University Jazz Combo at the Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China (Summer 2011) • Faculty-led performance of the Washburn University Jazz Combo at the East Shore in Beijing, China (Summer 2011) • Faculty-led performance by the Washburn University Jazz Combo at the Beijing Conservatory of Modern Music, Beijing, China (Summer 2011) • Performance at “Brass in Concert” in Newcastle, England (Fall 2009) • Performance at the Scottish Open, Perth, (Fall 2009)

Forthcoming Performances

• I will be touring China and North Korea with the IHS World Orchestra in the summer of 2020.

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Auditions and results

• Winner, Repiano Cornet, Fountain City Brass Band (2009) • Winner, 3rd trumpet Orquestra Sinfonica Nuevo Leon, Monterey, Mexico (2004) • Winner, 3rd trumpet Columbus Philharmonic (2003) • Winner, 3rd trumpet Marion Philharmonic (2007) • Invitee, President’s Own Marine Band (2008) • Invitee, 2nd trumpet New York Philharmonic (2007) • Invitee 3rd trumpet New York Philharmonic (2007) • Invitee, “Pershing’s Own” Army Band (2005, 2007)

Masterclasses coordinated at Washburn University

• Joe Burgstaller, International Soloist, Canadian Brass (November 2018) • Roger Ingram, Lead Trumpet, Harry Connick Jr, and former Lead Trumpet, Jazz at Lincoln Center (March, 2016) • Julian Kaplan, Principal Trumpet of the Kansas City Symphony (November, 2015) • Bill Williams, former Principal Trumpet of the San Francisco Symphony (February 2015) • Michael Sachs, Principal Trumpet of the Cleveland Orchestra (March 2014) • New York Brass Arts Trio (September 2013) • Jon Lewis, Los Angeles Studio Recording Artist, (October 2013) • Canadian Brass (December 2013) • Spanish Brass (March 2012) • John Hagstrom, Assistant Principal Trumpet of the Chicago Symphony (January 2012) • Chris Martin, Principal Trumpet of the New York Philharmonic (January 2012) • Joe Burgstaller, International Soloist, Canadian Brass (April 2011) • Dr. Matt Vangjel, Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Louisiana State University (LSU) (Fall 2009) • Dr. Alex Noppe, Assistant Professor of Trumpet and Director of Jazz Studies at Boise State (November 2009) • Dr. Ryan Sharp, Assistant Professor of Trumpet at the University of Central Oklahoma (Spring 2010) • Tim Thomas, Jazz Solo Artist (Fall 2014) • Dr. Lorenzo Trujillo, United States Army Band - Pershing’s Own (Spring 2009)

Recordings

• “Avalon” Solo Debut Album/MIENT DUO, (Summer 2019) • “A Voice in the Hollow Earth” by Amanda McCullough, (Fall 2010) • “Musik Der Nacht” by Amanda McCullough, (Fall 2010) • “Over the Rainbow”, Fountain City Brass Band, (World of Brass, 2009) • “Rachmaninoff by Kasparov”, Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra, (Teldec, 2005)

World Premieres

• Centennial Horizon for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (2017) • Song for a Friend by Kevin McKee (2015) 10

• Quintet for Brass by Matthew Haislip (2015) • A Voice in the Hollow Earth by Amanda McCullough (2010) • Musik Der Nacht by Amanda McCullough (2010) • The Fifth Dimension for Trumpet and Electronics by Amanda McCullough (2010) • Trio for brass trio by William Funk (2009) • 53rd Street an Opera by Jody Nagel (2007)

Masterclasses Attended

• Mark Gould, NY Metropolitan Opera • Roger Ingram, Jazz at Lincoln Center/Harry Connick Jr. • Conradin Groth, Berlin Philharmonic • Allen Vizzutti, Recording Artist • Adolph “Bud” Herseth, Chicago Symphony • John Hagstrom, Chicago Symphony • Roger Voisin, Boston Symphony • Susan Slaughter, St. Louis Symphony • Lew Soloff, Recording Artist • , Lincoln Center Jazz Band • William Vacchiano, NY Philharmonic • Ray Mase, American Brass Quintet • Jens Lindemann, Canadian Brass • Bill Williams, Sante Fe Opera/San Francisco Symphony • Jon Faddis, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band • Joe Burgstaller, International Soloist/Canadian Brass • Sergei Nakariakov, International Soloist • Tom Hooten, Los Angeles Philharmonic • Michael Sachs, Cleveland Orchestra • Frank Greene, Lincoln Center Jazz Band • Craig Morris, Chicago Symphony/San Francisco Symphony • Walter White, Studio Artist • Dave Hickman, Summit Brass • Chris Martin, New York Philharmonic • Jon Lewis, Recording Artist • , Recording Artist • Chuck Findley, Recording Artist

Lessons with Leaders in the Field

• John Hagstrom, Chicago Symphony • Robert Sullivan, New York Philharmonic • Phil Collins, Cincinnati Symphony • Susan Slaughter, St. Louis Symphony • Jon Faddis, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band • Byron Stripling, Jazz Artist • Crispian Steele-Perkins, International Soloist • Joe Burgstaller, Canadian Brass • Bill Williams, San Francisco Symphony

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Published Articles

• ITG Orchestral Profile, Julian Kaplan, International Trumpet Guild Journal (June 2016) • ITG Goes to Class – Orchestral Class by Michael Sachs, International Trumpet Guild Journal (October 2013) • Walter White Masterclass for International Trumpet Guild Journal (October 2013) • ITG Goes to Class – Orchestral Class by Tom Hooten, International Trumpet Guild Journal (October 2013) • Geoffrey Shamu Warm-up Session, International Trumpet Guild Journal (October 2013) • James Olcott Non-Pro Player/Comeback Player Session, International Trumpet Guild (October 2013)

Professional Service

Institutional Service

• Chair, Music Department Scholarship Committee and Scholarship Coordinator (2014- Present) • Student Financial Aid Committee (2018 – Present) • College of Arts and Sciences Committee (2017 – 2018) • Chair, Music Department Curriculum Committee (2012 – 2014) • Faculty Affairs Committee Member (2010 - 2011) • University Faculty Senate Representative (2009 – 2012) • Bachelor of Adviser (2010 – 2018) • Bachelor of Music Performance Adviser (2008 – 2018) • Departmental Representative at the Kansas Music Educators Association Convention (2008 – Present) • Committee Member, Instructor Search Committee (Spring, 2011) • Committee Member, Director of Jazz Studies Search Committee • Manager, Garvey Music Library (2009 – Present) • Manager, Garvey Listening Library (2008 – 2009) • Announcer, Washburn University Football Games (2008) • Secretary, Music Faculty Meetings (2008 – 2009) • Faculty Advisor/Founder – WUTA – Washburn University Trumpet Association (2008 – Present) • Faculty Advisor – W-U-D-A-N-C-E (2008 – 2009) • Member, Recruitment Committee (2008 – 2010) • Member, Long-Term Planning Committee (2008 – 2012)

Recruiting and Adjudicating

Local

• 2011-Adjudicator, Hummer Sports Park Invitational Marching Band Festival • 2010-Adjudicator, Hummer Sports Park Invitational Marching Band Festival 12

• 2009-Adjudicator, Hummer Sports Park Invitational Marching Band Festival • 2008-Adjudicator, Hummer Sports Park Invitational Marching Band Festival • 2006-Adjudicator, Delaware County Young Performing Arts Competition • 2006-Adjudicator, Delaware County Young Performing Arts Competition

Regional

• 2019 – Adjudicator, KSHSAA Kansas 1-4A Regional Solo and Ensemble • 2015 – Adjudicator, KSHSAA Kansas 5A & 6A State Large Ensemble Festival • 2014 – Adjudicator, KSHAA Kansas 6A State Solo and Ensemble Festival • 2012 – Adjudicator, KSHSAA Kansas 5A State Solo and Ensemble Festival • 2012 – Adjudicator, KSHSAA Kansas District 1-4A Solo and Ensemble Festival • 2010 – Adjudicator, KSHSAA Kansas 1-4A State Solo and Ensemble Festival • 2008 - Adjudicator, Indiana Academy of Christian Schools (IACS) State band competition

National

• 2019 U.S. Open Brass Band Championships • Judge, National Trumpet Competition, (Spring, 2018) • Judge, National Trumpet Competition, Undergraduate Division (Spring, 2017) • Judge, National Trumpet Competition, Junior Division (Spring, 2013) • Judge, Music Teachers National Association Mid West Regionals (Spring, 2013) • 2010 U.S. Open Brass Band Championships • 2009 U.S Open Brass Band Championships • 2008 U.S. Open Brass Band Championships

International

• 2010 NABBA Brass Band Championships • 2009 Brass in Concert Championships • 2009 International Trumpet Guild Conference • 2009 Scottish Open Brass Band Championships • 2009 NABBA Brass Band Championships

Professional Memberships

• Kansas State High School Academics & Athletics • Kansas Music Educators’ Association • International Trumpet Guild • NAfME, National Association for Music Education

Non-degree Study

• Graduate Courses 2002 – 2003 University of Louisville

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Honors and Awards

• 2014 - EMMY award for direction of live daytime television broadcast • 2011 - EMMY award for direction of live daytime television broadcast • 2013 - I became a “Wishmaker” through Children’s’ Wish Foundation by granting a “wish” to a local trumpeter born with Spina Bifida. • 2010 - U.S. Open International Brass Band Championships, 2nd Place • 2010 - North American Brass Band Championships, Championship Division Winner • 2009 - Scottish Open Brass Band Competition, Grand Champion • 2009 - U.S. Open International Brass Band Championships, Grand Champion • 2009 - North American Brass Band Championships, Championship Division Winner • 2008 - U.S. Open International Brass Band Championships, Grand Champion • 2002 – Auditioned Participant at DePaul Trumpet Symposium hosted by the Chicago Symphony Trumpet Section