Instrument/Position:
Utility Horn
Hometown:
San Jose
Education:
Studied with 2 principal horns of the New York Philharmonic and 2 of the San Francisco Symphony and Claude Gordon. I’m a graduate school dropout.
Joined the Symphony:
First call sub with San Jose Symphony 20 years (well over 1000 services), joined Symphony Silicon Valley at its inception.
Other orchestras/ensembles/festivals you have or currently play with:
San Francisco Symphony, Opera, Ballet, Mendocino Festival, Midsummer Mozart, the Oakland/East Bay, Marin, Fremont, Monterey, and Santa Cruz, Symphonies, Opera San Jose, West Bay Opera, The Mexican National Youth Orchestra, Ballet San Jose, video game soundtracks at Skywalker Ranch, various chamber ensembles, lecturer/soloist at International Horn Society workshops in Las Vegas and Santa Barbara
Most memorable musical experience:
Beethoven’s 9th at Davies Hall with Midsummer Mozart and George Cleve. It was electric.
If you weren’t a musician, what would you be doing:
Training puppies
Hobbies:
Raising puppies to be wheelchair companions and hearing dogs, cooking great food, volunteer on non-profit boards of directors
Favorite vacation spot:
Anywhere there’s a redwood forest
What three things can always be found in your refrigerator:
Fresh jalapeños, veggies from the farmer’s market, blueberry preserves
If you could give one piece of advice to your younger self, what would it be:
Focus on the people and things that you love
Do you have a “bucket list” piece of orchestral music that you have yet to play:
My first symphony
