Page 19 - River Landing Newsletter - Spring 2019

After departing the military, I played in a variety of musical ensembles (quintets, civic orchestras, live theatre orchestras, local universities, and churches); upon arriving in NC in 2005, I put my horn in the closet. I missed playing, but did not actively pursue local ensembles.
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This event reignited my love for playing, so when Tom & I saw a flyer recruiting instrumentalists for the Pender Community Band, “Hey, why not?”. My participation in this small ensemble has led me to the Salvation Army Brass Band, the Wilmington Symphonic Winds, the North Myrtle Beach Community
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turning point came in 2013 when the late
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Joyce Murphy Minchew asked me if I would participate in an ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s disease) awareness event hosted by her granddaughter. Albeit I had not been actively playing my horn for years, I could not decline this simple request from my friend directly affected by ALS. At this
I realized that playing my horn had become something more than passage & technical proficiency; it was about embracing something I loved and touching the lives of others through music.
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, church ensembles, a brass quintet, a ,
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summer band, playing with Melodee Wynne of the Duplin Music academy, more.
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