1963 Jul - Started trumpet lessons at Hart's Hill Elementary School, Whitesboro, N.Y.

1963 Sep - 1965 Jun - Played and sang in band and chorus.

1965 Jun - Played a trumpet solo at sixth grade graduation.

1965 Sep - 1968 Jun - First trumpet in Jr. High band.

1965 Oct - 1968 Jun - Lead trumpet in Jr. High stage band.

1966 Jul -Joined Sr. High stage band,

1966 Aug, 1967 Aug - National Stage Band camp.

1968 Sep - 1971 Jun - Lead trumpet Sr. High stage band.

1969 Aug - Lead trumpet in Tonight in Whitesboro Concert.

1969 Dec - Third trumpet NYSSMA All State Stage Band (first All State jazz band in USA).

1970 Dec - Lead trumpet NYSSMA All State Stage Band.

1969 Oct - 1978 Jun - Trumpet in Piotrowski Brass Polka Band.

1970 Sep - 1975 May - Lead trumpet in Crane School of Music Jazz Ensemble.

1974 Feb - 1982 Feb - Trumpet in big bands (Jimmy Dorsey, Sammy Kaye, Art Mooney, Four Aces, Johnny Ray)

1979 Sep - 1980 Jun - Trumpet in Miami with Patti Page, Al Martino, Willy Chirino, Tony Chance, Cumbia bands.

1975 Jun - 1987 Jul - Lead trumpet in Whitesboro High School Alumni Jazz Ensemble.

1989 Oct - 2006 Aug - Lead trumpet in Boston area (Ross Warner Octet, Ken Mamayek Dectet and Big Band, DecBigBand , Swing Out Band) .

2008 Oct - 2012 Jun - Lead trumpet in Stage Music Big Band.

2024 Sep - present - Trumpet in Utica University band.