- Born in Rutland, Vermont 1961, May 16th
- Graduate of Spruce Creek High School, Port Orange Florida 1979
- Attended Daytona Beach Community College 1979-1981
- Gradute of Daytona Beach Community College with a "Small Gas Engine Certificate".
- Graduate of Columbia College (A.A) Columbia Missouri
- Graduate of (SUNY) Regent's College (B.A.) Albany, NY
- Gradute of "Armed Forces School of Music", Norfolk, VA
- 22 Year Veteran of the United States Navy Music Program
- Perform with the following groups: Olympia Jazz Senators Rich Wetzel and the Groovin' Higher Orchestra Clarence Belt and the Jazz Snobs Tracey
D. Hooker and the "Hook Me Up" Quartet Peaceable Lane 70's Horn Group
- Currently a clinician with the Oregon Coast Lab Band
- Teach Brass Pedagogy with the Tumwater Middle School
- Teach "Brass" privately from my home studio
- Received "Most Outstanding Musical Instrumentalist" from Daytona Beach Community College 1981.
- Selected as the "Jazz Trumpeter" for the Florida All-State Community College Jazz Band 1981.
- Performed as sideman for the O'Jays, Solomon Burke, Tony Rivera, Flrodia Symphony, Tacoma Symphony,
Paul Cacia, Stan Mark, as well as many others. My day-job is teaching trumpet from my home studio but I also am the "caretaker" of Martin Marina downtown
Olympia.
- I reside in Olympia with my two daugthers Corinne and Claire.
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Ben McDonald - Trumpet
Ben McDonald was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. His first professional engagements where
with the Anchorage Symphony at age 11.
Ben received his degree from the University
of Kentucky in Music Education.
Ben has performed for over 25 years and has
the honor of currently performing with The Oregon Symphony and Seattle Opera.
Ben is also working as adjunct Brass Instructor with Pacific Lutheran
University.Ben has played with the Portland Opera
and Portland Chamber Orchestra. Ben was also Guest Principal Trumpet of the
Kirkland orchestra with its world premiere of new works by Rachmaninoff.
The summer of 2003 Ben was Principal
trumpet of the Northwest Mahler Festival under the Direction of Geoffrey Simons
playing and recording Mahler symphony #5. Ben has Performed solos with the Port
Angeles Symphony, the Cascade Symphony and the Seattle Philharmonic. In 2006 Ben
Performed as Artist in residence at the Oregon Episcopal School in Beaverton
Oregon.Ben is now performing full-time. He is
currently studying with Dr. William Fielder of Rutgers
University.
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