My Family
The fam, fall 2018.
Cheering on the Cubs in Arlington, TX.
My parents came to the Cubs/Rangers game with us! 3 generations of Cubs fans!
Two of my boys!
Bub is the most like me.
Bearsss...
At Comiskey/U.S. Cellular/Guaranteed Rate with my two older.
Bub at his Boys Choir Banquet.
Proud of our Texas All-State Jazz Trombonist!
Bearsss game with wings and my boys!
My rogue son and his White Sox!
Navy Pier with the oldest boys.
A fun ride around the Museum Campus!
I got to give Sarah her diploma for her MM degree!
The graduate with his dad's parents!
The graduate with his mom's parents!
My Nana was a big Cubs fan, I wish she could have seen it.
Seeing the sign in person was a must!
May 15, 1999!
At the DIY conference in Nashville, August 2018.
Watching #54's Hall of Fame Induction.
Friends and Colleagues
With TPC Collective colleagues Katherine Bergman, Arthur Breuer and Garrett Hope
With poet Jennifer Peterson, David and Chelsey McNeil after the premier of "Lullaby." at the Columbine 20 Years Later service.
With the amazing composer Jim Stephenson.
Fun times at TMEA with Dr. Ben Caston and Dr. Nathan Burggraff!
DJ Bulls, conductor of the MidCities Chamber Singers (DFW). He's been an wonderful advocate of my music!
MCS recording session.
With Mr. Wright and Mr. Sawyer from Paschal HS (Fort Worth, TX) at the Midwest Clinic (Chicago)
With Dan Braker, one of my best friends from college, and my favorite Packer fan.
With Steve Kroeze, my college roomie and Best Man at my wedding, at a Cubs playoff game!
John Perryman, one of my best friends from college.
IMEC 2017 with old college friend Dr. Brian Reichenbach and Melody Velleuer from TIU.
Midwest 2010 with the amazing Julie Giroux!
Midwest 2010 with the fantastic James Curnow!
With Dr. Howard Whitaker, my first composition teacher at Wheaton College.
Pie with Chris O'Hara, friend of 30 years and trumpeter extraordinaire..
"Declarations" for euphonium, commissioned and performed by Evan Kelsick.