Email: flutebear@yahoo.com
Phone: 256-883-2550
Cell: 256-651-8318

Instruments/Capabilities:

• flute (piccolo, flute, alto flute, *bass flute), saxophone (soprano, alto, tenor, *bari), clarinet (*Eb, Bb, *A, *Bass), pennywhistles [I have pennywhistles in Bb, D, F and G and they can play in a few other keys.  For a gig, I can order any key if given enough time.], recorders [I have sopranino, soprano, and alto recorders.  If given time I can get a bass or great bass for a gig...]  * means I play the instrument, have accessories, mouthpieces and reeds, but do not own the instrument.  If given enough time I can either buy or borrow the appropriate instruments.

Experience: I have performed with 54 musical productions and 40 were different shows.  Meaning that some shows I've done on numerous occasions.  For instance...: Music Man, Fiddler on the Roof, Peter Pan, 42nd Street, Guys and Dolls, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Secret Garden, the Wizard of Oz, West Side Story and so on...  I have also played in over 14 operas and with three ballet companies; unfortunately the only "standard repertoire" with ballet being the Nutcracker, of which I've performed the piccolo part 81 times... Ballet repertoire performed in an orchestral setting: Carmina Burana, Estancia, Jeux, The Three Cornered Hat, La Vida Breve, Le Sacre du Printemps, Mother Goose Suite, Firebird Suite, Sleeping Beauty Suite, Swan Lake Suite... Among the companies I've worked with are the Broadway Theater League (Camelot--Robert Goulet and Sunset Boulevard--Petula Clark), the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (Peter Pan, Peter Pan, Oliver, Camelot--these runs lasted a little over two months each...), IMP, Lee High School, Huntsville Community Chorus, Madison Community Chorus--now known as Ovation Arts...

Other: B.M. in flute performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University. M.M. in flute performance from the University of Alabama. I've played flute III/piccolo for over 11 years with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra.  Second Alto Sax in the Rocket City Jazz Orchestra--www.rocketcityjazz.net  I also am section leader for the flute section in Twickingham Winds.  I play church gigs, weddings and teach privately...