Free lance gigs in Paris:
Paris National Opera, 1984-1985
Paris Brass Ensemble, First Trumpet, 1984-1985
French National Radio Symphony
Orchestra, 1983-1985
Michel Legrand Orchestra, First Trumpet,
1983-1985
Various live TV shows
Contemporary music performances with:
Pierre Boulez' Ensemble
Inter-Contemporain, Musique Vivantes and 2E2M, Paris, 1980-1985
Houston Grand Opera, Porgy and Bess,
Paris production, Principal Trumpet, 1979
Numerous French films, commercials and recordings as well as some
American films such as: “Private Benjamin”, 007’s “Moonraker” and “The Spy Who
Loved Me” and the TV show: “Dynasty”.
List of
Orchestras and Shows:
Orchestral work:
Eos Orchestra, Principal Trumpet,
1996-2004
New York Grand Opera, Principal Trumpet,
1987-1997
Free lance appearances with:
The New York Philharmonic, American
Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Of St. Luke’s, Concordia, New Jersey Symphony,
Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey, New York FILMharmonic Orchestra, Long
Island Philharmonic, N.Y. Pops, Manhattan Philharmonic, Bronx Arts Ensemble,
Colonial Symphony, Westfield Symphony, Sainte Cecelia Orchestra, Naumberg
Orchestra, Musica Sacra, Collegiate Chorale, and The National Grand Opera.
Broadway Shows:
“Jerome Robbins’ Broadway”, 1988-1990
(Best Musical Tony Award winner)
“Camelot”, 1993
“Peter Pan”, 1993
“A Christmas Carol”, 1994-2003 (Madison
Square Garden)
“ 1776” ,
1997-1998 (Best Musical Revival Tony winner)
“Kiss Me Kate, 1999-2001 (Best Musical
Revival Tony winner)
“Into The Woods”, 2002 (Best Musical
Revival Tony winner)
“Assassins”, 2004 (Best Musical Revival Tony winner)
“The Frogs”, 2004
Broadway appearances in:
Les Miserables, Into The Woods (1988),
Cats, Legs Diamond, Gypsy, Miss Saigon, Me and My Girl, The Secret Garden, Oh
Kay!, And The World Goes Round, Grand Hotel, Guys and Dolls, Cyrano, Crazy for
you, Beauty & The Beast, Passion, Phantom Of The Opera, Kiss Of The Spider
Woman, Blood Brothers, Catskills On Broadway, Sunset Boulevard, High Society.
Scarlet Pimpernel, Sound of Music, Candide, Victor/Victoria, Nick and Nora, ,
Bring in Da'noise / bring in Da'funk. La Boheme, 42nd Street, and
Spamalot.
Radio City Music Hall : Christmas and
Spring Spectaculars.
Encores! Series: New Moon,
Can-Can, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn.
Musical
Recordings:
Cast album “The Frogs” ,
2004
Cast album “Assassins” ,
2004
Cast album “Into The Woods”, Nonesuch
Records, 2002
Cast album “Kiss Me Kate”, DRG Theater,
2000
“Lenny Kravitz”, 2000
Tom Pierson’s “Hidden Goddess”, 2000
“Jewel”
Christmas Album, (Atlantic Records), 1999
Eos Ensemble, Copland recording 1998, BMG classics & Grammy nominated
Celluloid
Copland, Telarc 1999
Cast Album " 1776 ", TVT
records.1998
Eos Ensemble Gershwin recording 1997,
BMG classics
Trumpet Ensemble on Philip Smith's
"New York Legends", Cala Records, 1996
Eos ensemble, music for Merce
Cunningham, BMG records, 1996
Tom Pierson‘s “Planet Of Tears”, Auteur
Records, 1996
Cast album " Rent", 1996
Music of John Corigliano with" I FIAMMINGHI " Orchestra of
Flanders, Belgium, 1995
Music of Henryk Gorecki with" I FIAMMINGHI " Orchestra of
Flanders, Belgium, 1995
"Luther Vandross" Christmas
Album
Cast album "A Christmas
Carol " Music by Alan Menken, January 1995
"David Sanborn", Album with
Johnny Mandel. April 1994 (Sony Records)
The Music of Ben Johnston with "
Music Amici " -New World Records, 1993
Cast album "Jerome Robbins'
Broadway". (1990 Grammy Award winner)
PBS TV
specials:
Great
Performances from Lincoln Center:
South Pacific,
special presentation at Carnegie Hall, June 2005 (broadcast date TBD)
Passion 2005
American Theatre Orchestra: “Opera Stars
Sing Broadway”
Cook, Dixon & Young with American
Theater Orchestra 2004 (to be broadcast in August 2005)
Kiss Me Kate, Taped February 2000
My Favorite Broadway: “Love Songs” 2000
“Broadway,
100 years”
Tony Awards
2000 and “The Today Show”( Kiss Me Kate)
Grammy Awards 1997
“ABC News”
Special: “September 11, 2002: One Year After”:
“The Story
about the Bugler at Ground Zero”
Live
Performances:
STING, Elton John, James Taylor, Robin
Williams, Diana Ross, Al Jarreau, Ray
Charles, Moody Blues, Maureen Mc Govern, Marvin Hamlisch, Marlene Ver-Planck,
Bernadette Peters, Madeline Kahn,Vic Damone, Tony Bennett, Jennifer Holiday,
Dionne Warwick, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Bette Midler (and others)
Solo
Appearances:
Trumpet & Organ Concert, Vernon, France,
May 2005
Eric Ewazen, Concerto for trumpet and Strings, Craftsbury Chamber players,
Vermont, August 2002
Carnegie Hall’s Making Music Series:
H.K. Gruber.“ 3 MOB pieces” for Trumpet & Ensemble March 18, 2002
J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto #2, Pinamar
(Argentina) Music Festival, February
1999
Aaron Copland's " Quiet City "
Westfield Symphony Orchestra, January 1997
Music Amici, The music of Ben Johnston,
New York, March 1993
Aramis Chamber Orchestra, Knoxville TN,
conductor and soloist , October 1992
F.J. Haydn Concerto, Brooklyn Heights
Music Society, February 1992
Founder, Music Director and Conductor:
Aramis Chamber Orchestra, Since 1991
Recital at the 92nd street Y, New York,
March 1990
31 Concert tour ,
Japan, Nov.-Dec.1989
David Chesky: Concerto for trumpet and
Orchestra (World Premiere) Charleston Symphony, November 14,1987
Recitals at the New York Brass
Conferences, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1998 and 1999, 2004
Charleston Symphony:
F.J. Haydn trumpet Concerto, 1986
J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto #2, 1985
International Trumpet Guild Conference,
Albuquerque, NM, May 1985
Performances with Organ and Chamber
Ensembles throughout Europe and the United States
Masterclasses
, Teaching & Lectures:
Master Classes at the Conservatoire du
Xeme in Paris, May 2005
Master Classes at the Paris National
Conservatory of Music, November 2004
92nd street Y School of Music faculty,
September 1989- January 1992
Master Class at Toho College of Music,
Tokyo, Japan, December 1989
One week of Master Classes, Paris,
France, November 1989
Lecturer at the New York Brass
Conference, April 1990, 1996 and 2004
Private
Teaching, 1979 to present.
Motion
Pictures:
Stepford Wives, S.W.A.T., Frida (Oscar
Winner for best score),Mission To Mars, What Planet Are You From, The Castle,
You’ve Got Mail, Meet Joe Black, Life, Sphere, Primary Colors, Mercury Rising,
CopLand, Operation Condor, Pants On Fire, Wide Awake, Picture Perfect, The
Chamber, Michael Collins, A Time To Kill, Ransom, City Of Industry, Reagan Tribute.
Anastasia, Joe's Apartment, The West, Ed, Tom & Huck, Fargo, The Journey Of
August King, Batman Forever, Interview With The Vampire, Mixed Nuts, Smoke, Ed
Wood, Cobb, It Could Happen To You, Wolf, Carlito's Way, The Hudsucker Proxy,
Age of Innocence, Sleepless In Seattle, Pocahontas, Life With Mikey, Muppets
Christmas Carol, Aladdin, Prelude To A Kiss , This Boy's Life, Lethal Weapon
III, Cape Fear, Beauty & The Beast, Shining Through, Billy Bathgate, Barton
Fink, Doc Hollywood, Tune In Tomorrow, Moonraker, Private Benjamin, The Spy Who
Loved Me”, Queen(T.V. film).
TV themes and
Jingles:
CBS, NBC (Nightly News), CNN, HBO, ESPN,
NYSE, Acura, AT&T, Cingular, American Airlines, Diet Coke, FedEx, U.S.Postal
service , Sony, Trix, Triples, GE, Pizza Hut, RitzBits, Healthy Choice, General
Tire, Tide, NYNEX, Miller Lite, RCA, Michelob, Sunoco, Gallo Wines, Xerox,
Folgers, Disney, Tyco Toys, U.S. Army, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Hardee's,
Century 21, Metlife Prudential, Cocoa Puffs, Norelco, Noma, Pepsi, Chrysler,
Camel, Sprite, British Petroleum, Doritos, MCI, Anheuser Busch, M & M, 7
up, Visa, Gillette, Huggies, Lucky Charms, Cracker Jack, Chevrolet, Cunard,
Lay's, Range Rover, Ford, Delta, Lincoln, United Airlines, Chloraseptic, Red
Lobster, Health Rider, McDermott, Andersen Consulting, Mobil, New York Life and
numerous others…
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