This weekend I’ll be performing in the backup orchestra for the “Music of Led Zepplin” tour at the DTE Music Theater, or as I like to refer to it, Pine Knob. DTE Music Theater website. Music of Led Zepplin website.

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music concludes with our annual pair of concerts at Mission San Juan Bautista in San Juan Bautista, California. We do this program twice: once at 4pm and again at 8pm. Music by Kenneth Fuchs, Aaron Jay Kernis and Kevin Puts. Click here for more info. 

Our final concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium will feature music by Mason Bates, Thomas Adés and Philip Glass. Click here for more info. 

Our annual FREE Family Concert featuring the famous “petting zoo” for kids and music by James MacMilan and Daniel Kellogg. Click here for more information.

The Cabrillo Festival continues with new music from Michael Daugherty and John Corigliano. Click for more information.

My fifth summer with the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music begins with a concert featuring new music by composers James MacMilan, Dave Heath, Jennifer Higdon and Mark O’Connor. Click here for information.

Continuing my summer of pops performances, I’ll be performing with the Bijou Orchestra at their “Summer Swing” event at the Bay City Country Club. Click here for more information.

Performing at one of the eight summer concerts given by the Toledo Concert Band at the Toledo Zoo seems to have become a tradition for me in the past few years. This time around I’ll be playing the July 15th performance, titled “America: Life as it Was.” These are free concerts and always offer good entertainment for the crowds in attendance. Click for more information! 

I’ll be making my first appearance with the Grand Rapids Symphony this month on their “Sci-Fi Symphony” program at the Cannonsburg Ski Area. As a big fan of Science Fiction I’m really looking forward to playing the theme music from some of my favorite movies and tv shows! Click here for details from the GRSO website.

We’ve just returned from a whirlwind tour of the Canadian Rockies with the Michigan State University Alumni Band.While I’m not technically an alum just yet, I’m close enough and they asked Lynne and I to come along as principal trumpet and oboe with the group. Early in the trip, which included Calgary, Lake Louise, Banff, Kamloops and Vancouver, we performed at the Chateau Lake Louise Hotel (where we also stayed the night).

Once again, I’ll be performing with the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra. From the MOT website: by Charles Gounod June 2-9, 2007 Gounod’s penchant for voluptuous harmonies suited the legend of Romeo & Juliet. From the balcony scene to the crypt, the lovers entwine themselves in a string of star-cross’d duets.

For the first time in several years I’ll be performing with the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra. From their website: by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart May 12-19, 2007 The Abduction from the Seraglio is Mozart’s spiel on finding redemption in a Turkish harem. Lighthearted antics are bound up with some of the composer’s most dazzling arias. A Michigan Opera Theatre premiere.

For my final performance with the group we’ll be reprising our program from the concert at the Players’ Playhouse in Detroit, this time at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in East Lansing. Added to the program for this concert will be the world premiere performance of a new work for brass quintet by composer Roger Petersen. Here’s a brief excerpt from the Fine Arts Society website: “The April 12th Chamber Music at The Playhouse concert was another smashing success, filling The Players Founders Room with beautiful people and with even more beautiful music!

Final Subscription Concert of the 2006-2007 Season Lucas Meachem, baritone, William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition Winner ** Julia Broxholm, soprano Wendy Bloom, alto Robert Bracey, tenor** Flint Festival Chorus, Bradley Bloom, director Sponsored by Citizens Bank Guest Artist Sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Fredrick W. VanDuyne Rossini, Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville Korngold, Mein Sehnen, mein Wahmen from Die Tote Stadt Rogers and Hammerstein, Soliloquy from Carousel Beethoven, Symphony No.

I’ll be performing with the Toledo Symphony this weekend. It’s a very big program for brass. I’ll be playing principal on the Jongen and the Dietz, and third trumpet on the Respighi. From the TSO Website: Classics VIII Organ & Orchestra Spectacular! Friday/Saturday, April 20/21, 2007 8:00 PM Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Chelsea Tipton II, conductor Todd Wilson, organ William Tell Overture Rossini Sinfonie Concertante Jongen Caldera * Dietz Roman Festivals Respighi

This is my group from Michigan State University. We’ll be performing a concert at The Player’s Playhouse on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit. This concert is part of the Fine Arts Society of Detroit’s “Music at the Playhouse” concert series. Click the picture to visit their website.

A night of Broadway favorites at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield I’ll be performing with an orchestra in a fundrasing concert for Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. The concert will feature many favorite songs from Broadway shows, led by Cynthia Westphal, who was previously the Music Director of The Lion King on Broadway. For more information, contact Temple Israel at their website.

Laura Larson, flute Amy Ley, harp Sponsored by Anonymous Donor ** Guest Artist Sponsored by National City Bank** Mozart, Flute and Harp Concerto Richard Strauss, Thus sprach Zarathustra Richard Strauss, First Waltz Sequence from Der Rosenkavalier Download Program Notes Read More

MSU Concert Band and Wind Symphony MSU Fairchild Theatre Caroline Hartig, clarinet soloist Ticheli, Shenandoah Kalinnikov, Finale from Symphony No. 1 Colgrass, Bali Bennett, Suite of Old American Dances Daugherty, Brooklyn Bridge

I’ll be performing Handel’s Royal Fireworks Music with the Toledo Symphony. From their website (Click to see it): Stefan Sanderling leads the Toledo Symphony in some of the most recognizable melodies of the Baroque era. Handel’s Royal Fireworks Music has recovered from its disastrous premiere, when fireworks destroyed the outdoor stage, to become the music for many celebrations. Pachelbel’s famous Canon has accompanied celebrations of a different sort, being one of the most requested pieces for wedding processionals.

We’ll be performing at Walled Lake Northern High School for this concert. For more information contact Christopher Blackmer at (248) 956-5300. Date: 2/27/2007 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Walled Lake Northern High School 6000 Bogie Lake Road Commerce Caroline Hartig, clarinet soloist FREE ADMISSION! Bach/Paynter Toccata, Adagio and Fugue Daugherty Brooklyn Bridge Ticheli Symphony No. 2

This will be a great program for trumpet! Roger Maki-Schramm, bassoon Marianna Kulikova,mezzo soprano Richard Troxell, tenor Sponsored by A.G. Bishop Charitable Trust Guest Artist Sponsored by Drs. Gary & Dawnell Wease Johann Strauss, Jr. Overture Die Fledermaus Mozart, Bassoon Concerto Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde Download Program Notes Read More

In our second concert of the 2007-2008 season, the Flint Symphony Orchestra will perform Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony. Mahler is one of my favorite composers, and the Third Symphony contains an enormous amount of great music for trumpet, so I’m particularly excited about playing this concert. From the FSO website: Tonight’s offering, the stunning Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler, paints pictures of nature so vivid you’ll almost see them: A slow awakening gives way to solemn chords that lead to sweet, gentle melodies.