First Name

Sam

College/University:

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

I am here for:

Educational Purposes, Meet Players, Networking

Whom I want to meet:

Anyone who plays high notes on the trumpet who could give some tips to a high school student interested in going to college for music performance and composition.

Employment Status

Employed

Occupation:

K-Mart Employee

Employer:

Debbie Hall

About Me:

I am a high school junior going to Brownsburg High School. I absolutely love jazz music and orchestral music. Right now our jazz band is working on some different pieces of music such as High Maintenance by Gordon Goodwin, a song entitled Duke it Out, and God Bless the Child. All three are pretty nice pieces and I hope to maybe get some recordings here soon.

I absolutely love jazz music. In about 7th grade, me and a group of kids my age formed a group called the Jazz Katz. Right now we play pretty much all genres of jazz whether its Be-Bop, or Hard Bop, Straight Ahead Jazz, or Big Band Swing. One of our best songs we have though is called Channel One Suite. I play first on this song, and I absolutely love playing this high!

As a final note (no pun intended) I also play the french horn in my school's Wind Ensemble

Musical Background & Experience:

I've had quite a bit of experience on trumpet and french horn. I've played the trumpet for 6 years now, and the french horn for about 4. I've had quite a few gigs with my band the Jazz Katz, and have also played with a local band named Midtown Wave. I'm doing as much as I possibly can to engulf myself in this music and this world we know as Jazz...

Website:

http://www.thejazzkatz.com

Why I love jazz:

Jazz is my everything...its the very thing that keeps the spirit alive.

Music:

Maynard Ferguson
Stan Kenton
Count Basie
Maynard Ferguson
Arturo Sandoval
Wynton Marsalis
Miles Davis
Chris Botti

Television:

Watch A LOT of jazz recordings, and many famous different performances on youtube.