FEATURED and Upcoming Performances
November 2021 - Featured soloist for Appalachian Wind Ensemble performance at NCMEA Convention performing Bolivar by Eric Cook
July 2021 - 3Basso – Low Brass Trio - International Trombone Festival Recital Performance - Columbus, GA
March 2021 - Performance on NW District All-District Band Faculty Recital; Appalachian State University - Bone Man Walking by Michael Davis
February 2021 - Performance on Black History Month Faculty Recital; Appalachian State University - Amber Waves by Evan Williams
September 2020 - Performance on Faculty Recital “An Evening of Encores”; Appalachian State University - Three Calls for Unaccompanied Trombone by Brad Edwards
July 2020 - 3Basso – Low Brass Trio - International Trombone Festival Recital Performance - Osaka, Japan (CANCELLED due to COVID-19)
May 2020 - Ohio Trombone Quartet - Featured soloists with Muskingum Valley Symphonic Winds (Muskingum, OH) performing Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Jeff Cortazzo (OTQ was part of the consortium commissioning this work) (CANCELLED due to COVID-19)
March 2020 - Performance at University of Tennessee New Music Festival - Confab by Andrew Hannon (Professor of Composition, Appalachian State University)
February 2020 - Ohio Trombone Quartet - Recitals at Appalachian State University, Emory and Henry University
October 2019 - Faculty Solo Recital @ Appalachian State University featuring music of Besozzi, Tomasi, Schnyder, JacobTV, Gershwin, Pryor
October 2019 - 3Basso - Faculty Recital for 2019 Ohio University Octubafest
September 2019 - Performance on Faculty Recital “An Evening of Encores”; Appalachian State University - Basta by Folke Rabe
July 2019 - Ohio Trombone Quartet - International Trombone Festival Performance on “Faculty Showcase” recital – Ball State University – Muncie, IN
May 2019 - 3Basso – Ohio University Faculty Low Brass Trio - International Tuba Euphonium Conference Recital Performance
February 2019 - 3Basso – Ohio University Faculty Low Brass Trio - Featured Soloists w/Ohio University Wind Symphony @ OMEA Professional Development Conference; Cleveland, OH - “Sounding Field: The Deep” for Low Brass Trio and Wind Symphony by Robert McClure
December 2018 - 3Basso – Ohio University Faculty Low Brass Trio - Featured Soloists w/Ohio University Wind Symphony Ohio University Band-O-Rama concert - Premiere of “Sounding Field: The Deep” for Low Brass Trio and Wind Symphony by Robert McClure
October 2018 - 3Basso - Faculty Recital for 2018 Ohio University Octubafest featuring music of Hindemith, Lynn, Wilder, McClure, others
October 2018 - Substitute Trombone/Bass Trombone - River Cities Symphony Orchestra; Marietta, OH
September 2018 - 3Basso – Ohio University Faculty Low Brass Trio - Performance at West Fork New Music Festival – Fairmont State University; “Sounding Field” for Low Brass Trio by Robert McClure
May 2018 - Substitute Trombone/Bass Trombone - River Cities Symphony Orchestra; Marietta, OH
April 2018 - 3Basso – Ohio University Faculty Low Brass Trio - Performance at Society of Composers Incorporated Invitational Concert – West Virginia University; “Sounding Field” for Low Brass Trio by Robert McClure
March 2018 - West Virginia Music Educators Association Conference performance/clinic with 3BASSO - "Low Brass, High Standards: A Creative and Versatile Approach to Chamber Music"
February 2018 - Ohio Music Educators Association Conference featured performance with Ohio Trombone Quartet
February 2018 - Ohio Trombone Quartet - Featured Artists @ OU Trombone Day (JB presented masterclass titled "In Tone, In Tune, In Time")
February 2018 - Ohio Trombone Quartet Tour - performances @ Otterbein University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Capital University, Concert Series @ Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church; Marysville, OH
October 2017 - 3BASSO recital for OU Octubafest - featuring the music of Bozza, Boismortier, Blazevich, Wolking, others
October 2017 - Guest Trombone w/ OhioBrass (OU Faculty Brass Quintet) Octubafest recital
October 2017 - Substitute Trombone - River Cities Symphony Orchestra - Marietta, OH
June 2017 - Featured Bass Trombone Soloist - OU "Under the Elms" Concert Series - Performance of "Variations on Barnacle Bill, the Sailor" with OU Communiversity Band
February 2017 - Ohio Music Educators Association Conference performance/clinic with 3BASSO - "Low Brass, High Standards: A Creative and Versatile Approach to Chamber Music"
October 2016 - 3BASSO faculty recital for OU Octubafest
October 2016 - Duet with Jason Smith, tuba for OU Octubafest concert
September 2016 - Ohio/Pennsylvania Tour with Ohio Trombone Quartet - performances at Ohio University, Ohio State University, Muskingum University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
7/4/16 - "Bluegrass and Brass" with King Street Brass - Blowing Rock, NC
May 2016 - North Carolina High School Concert Tour with 3Basso - performances in Winston-Salem, Gastonia, Hickory, and Lexington, NC
1/2016 - Performance with Take Four Trombone Quartet - Big 12 Trombone Conference - Texas Tech University; Lubbock, TX
2015-16 - Substitute Trombone/Bass Trombone - West Virginia Symphony Orchestra
12/2015 - Guest performance with OhioBrass, OU Faculty Brass Quintet, Jackson, OH
10/14/15 - Trio performance with Lucas Borges, trombone and Jason Smith, tuba
10/4/15 - Performance with OhioBrass, OU Faculty Brass Quintet
9/19/15 - 2nd Trombone with West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Charleston, WV
6/2015 - Handel Duet w/Lucas Borges - Mozart on the Green Festival, Athens, OH
4/11/15 - Guest Artist @ Southeastern Oklahoma University Trombone Day
11/10/14 - Masterclass @ Ohio University - "The Alto Trombone"
9/14-10/14 - Chamber Performances with Lucas Rego Borges, trombone, and Jason Smith, tuba - Athens, OH
4/15/14 - Featured Guest Artist with Berea College Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band, Berea, KY. Also working with Berea College students 4/14 and 4/15.
7/27-8/3/13 - Fellow at 2013 Alessi Seminar, Tuscaloosa, AL
5/1/13 - Featured soloist with Western Illinois University Jazz Band
4/13/13 - Gershwin - American in Paris (Pops concert) Bass Trombone w/ Quincy Symphony Orchestra
2/9/13 - Saint Saens - Symphony No. 3 w/Quincy Symphony Orchestra
11/10/12 - Holst - The Planets w/Peoria Symphony Orchestra
7/2012 - UT Trombone Choir Tour of Europe - featured performance at ITF 2012 in Paris, France
6/9/12 - Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue w/Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra
5/1/12 - Performance with original Chicago drummer Danny Seraphine - New Braunfels, TX
4/13/12 - DMA Lecture Recital - “Frigyes Hidas’ Movement and Baroque Concerto - A Performer’s Analysis”
2/12/12 - Take Four quartet performance with Steven Mead
10/31/11 - Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique w/UTSO
10/28/11 - DMA II Solo Recital - featuring music of Hindemith, Peaslee, Rabe, JacobTV, Puccini - UT Butler School of Music
6/2011 - Performance at ITF 2011 w/Palmetto Posaunen, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
4/10/11 - City Limits Brass performance @ Baylor University
4/8/11 - DMA Chamber Recital - featuring music of Rush, Albinoni, Bozza, Biber, Lennon/McCartney - UT Butler School of Music
4/1/11 - Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel w/UTSO
2/11 - CLBQ performance of Bernstein MASS with UT Wind Ensemble
11/21/10 - Suite from MASS - Bernstein (w/City Limits Brass and Austin Symphonic Band)
10/15/10 - DMA I Recital - featuring music of Creston, Bozza, Mozart, Gershwin, Stojowski - University of Texas - Austin
7/2010 - Performances at 2010 ITF w/University of Texas Trombone Choir - Austin, TX