Greg plays just about any instrument that fits his trumpet mouthpiece and has three valves (or four, or sometimes even none). Since winning his first orchestra job the summer he completed his undergraduate degree, Greg has has spent more than a decade performing with orchestras, operas, ballets, brass quintets, and musical theaters, in Boston, San Francisco, and now Oregon. He is currently a member of the Rogue Valley and Vermont Symphony orchestras and was formerly a member of the Atlantic, Cape Cod, and Glens Falls Symphonies. He has also performed at the Oregon Bach Festival, Carmel Bach Festival, Opera San Jose, New World Symphony, and played the Broadway break in run of Porgy & Bess at the American Repertory Theatre. He’s been fortunate to perform with some notable musicians, including conductors Lorin Maazel and James Levine, composers John Adams and Gunther Schuller, and soloists including Yo-Yo Ma, Jamie Laredo, Sharon Isben, and Sarah Chang. As an educator, Greg served as the Program Director of Youth Music Monterey County, as the brass coach for Youth Orchestra Salinas, and has coached students in the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, the University of New Hampshire, Brandies University, and Wellesley College.