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A fairly recent promotional shot. |
Performing at the American Musikfest in Bethleham, Pennsylvania with the Philadelphia Funk Authority. |
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Performing at the Kimmel center with The Philadelphia Funk Authority. |
Another shot from the Kimmel date. |
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Performing at Musikfest. I had several crises brewing at one time that night, but thanks to the very kind assistance of Andy Kowal (beside me in the above), I drove eight hours through the night after the gig to get to Jamestown, New York. After an hours sleep, I got up and started an all day rehearsal with the Syracuse Brigadiers that culminated with a competitive event that night (we won and played a "victory concert" afterwards). |
An introspective moment playing my favorite stuff, on my favorite horn in my favorite place: playing jazz on a flugelhorn in Greenwich Village. |
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Listening and thinking... |
Rehearsing as a lead soprano with the 2004 Syracuse Brigadiers - a few corps still play G bugles and it was a pleasure, a bit of an honor and a dream come true to play the bugle variant of the trumpet. Note the gloves worn in rehearsal - drum corps is full of rituals, part of what makes the scene so singular. |
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Performing at the 2004 DCA Championships in Scranton, Pennsylvania. |
Playing a mello solo at a mid-season show in 2000. Frankly, this was even more of a dream come true than what I described above. When I first thought of doing the drum corps thing, I decided I would play mellophone, just as I had always wanted to. I got a solo with the corps and we won every show that year and won the championship with a then record-high score of 98.00 - it was a pretty amazing thing to be a part of. The Brigadiers had won the year before, so we were the defending champs and we took that very seriously. The next season we again went undefeated. I took 2002 off, but again the corps went undefeated and set a new record high score (this time of 98.6). It was an incredible run for the organization. During the last two years we came in second twice (which I found not nearly as enjoyable). |
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Performing at a "victory concert" with the Syracuse Brigadiers during the summer of 2003. From left to right: Dave Keck, Mike Kobasa, Paul Cullen, myself, Bill Chapman, Scott Mescon and Uwe Baum (partially obcured). You can tell from the faces that in the drum corps idiom cats blow hard and with seriousness of purpose. |
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