Teacher Bio
Tom is a founding member of the Las Vegas Philharmonic & holds the Principal Trumpet Chair in the LV Phil.

Tom was born and raised in Northern California where he attended California State University, Hayward. Tom began his professional music carrier at age 14 when he joined the Vallejo Symphony Orchestra.Later he also performed with the Santa Rosa Baroque Symphonia and the Napa Symphony Orchestra. Tom worked his way through college as a staff musician at Marriott’s Great America Amusement Park in Santa Clara, California. While at Marriott’s, Tom began freelancing in the San Francisco Bay Area. This led him to Las Vegas.

In 1979, he became the Assistant to the Director of Bands at UNLV. Once in Las Vegas, Tom became a member of the Tropicana Hotel House Orchestra under the baton of Joe Castro, where he remained until 1989. Tom’s music career has spanned some 40+ years where he has performed in both the commercial and classical genres. He has played for artists such as Elton John, Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Paul Anka, Andrea Bocelli, Jerry Lewis, Sammy Davis Jr., Don Rickles, Dudley Moore, Marie Osmond, Jack Jones, Phyllis Diller, Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon, The Temptations, Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, and most recently, Hugh Jackman and Weird Al Yankovic.

He also performs regularly with the Nevada Pops, Opera Las Vegas, Nevada Ballet Theatre, and Broadway shows at The Smith Center. Tom has also been a featured soloist with the Desert Choral. Tom was a designated sub for the long-running Phantom of The Opera show at the Venetian Resort and played in the house orchestra for Steve Wynn’s Show-Stoppers.

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