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Musicians

The Vintage Brass performs as a brass quintet.  Our members are active in many other
organizations which often creates scheduling conflicts.  To assure that we can meet our
performing obligations we have alternate players for each instrument.

Tom Hessney	Formerly of Massachusetts. B.S. from Berklee
Trumpet	College in Boston, M.S.from University of
	Massachusetts Lowell. Member of Fred’s Big
	Band & Co., Lee County Community Band
	and Naples Symphony.
Jim Walker	Formerly of North Carolina. Graduated from
Trumpet	North Carolina State. Director of the German
	Band of Cape Coral and member of the Lee County
	Community Band.
Richard Bradstreet	Formerly of Ohio. Graduate of Ohio
French Horn	University with a Masters from Ohio
	State. Director of the Lee County
	Community Band.
Janice Hessney	Formerly of Massachusetts. B.M. from
French Horn	The Crane School of Music with a Masters from
	Simmons College in Boston. Director of
	Bands at PL Dunbar Middle School,
	Fort Myers.
Bruce Orlin	Formerly of Wisconsin. Attended Northwest
Tuba	University and studied with Arnold Jacobs.
	Member Lee County Community Band and
	Hafenkapelle German Band.  Also plays string
	bass for several big bands.
Pat Callen	Pat is a graduate of the Navy School of Music and
Trombone	is an Electrical Engineer from Penn State
	University.  Former principal trombone for the
	Gulf Coast Symphony, the Florida Brass and the
	Sovereign British Brass Band.  Currently lead
	trombone and director of the Townsmen Big
	Band orchestra.
Ronald Case	Bachelors degree in Music Ed, University of Miami,
Trumpet	Masters in conducting from State University of NY at
	Fredonia.  After retirement has done consulting for
	music educators, and offers private lessons.  He
	currently plsys with the Gulf Coast Symphony.
David McCormick	Career began as a tuba player in the United States
Tuba	Army band in Washington, DC.  He also was a
	high school, college and orchestral director, and a
	university administrator.  HE is an active tuba
	player, guest conductor, lecturer, clinician and
	adjudicator in many parts of Europe and America.
Ross Shaver	Ross is a snowbird from Ontario, Canada.  A
Trumpet	graduate of the University of Manitoba, he was a
	school band director for 34 years.  Currently he
	plays in the Lee County Community Band and the
	Kitchener Musical Society Band.  He directed the
	Seven Lakes Chorus for 5 years and plays with
	big bands in the area.
Rudolfo Castillo	Graduate of Carnegie Mellon University; Assistant
Trumpet	Principal Trumpet Chile National Symphony; member
	and solist with Bonita Springs Concert Band; performs
	and solist with Bonita Springs Concert Band; performs
	Springs Charter School.
Ken Friedenberg	Graguate of New England Conservatory of Music;
French Horn	Principal horn Honolulu Symphony, Hong Kong
	Sinfonietta, Israel Chamber Orchestra and Gulf
	Coast Symphony
Matthew Murrell	Graduate of Florida International University; Performs
Trombone	with McGregor Baptist Church Symphony, JJ's Big Band;
	Band Director at PL Dunbar Middle School, Fort Myers

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