Trumpet students in my Studio are trained using the methods I have acquired over many years of Study and Performance at the highest levels.  Performance Classes, Recitals, and an ongoing Performance Classes provide ample opportunity to grow musically outside of your School Band Program.   Helping you to get started correctly is the most important job of a Trumpet Teacher, I have a lot of experience coaching both New and Older players through embouchure difficulties due to my own experiences, and feel that my experience in how to correctly approach the instrument physically is one of my strongest assets as a teacher.    Many of my students are at the top of their sections in school and have gone on to enjoy playing into their college and adult lives.  ​ 

In addition to my classical training I have enjoyed playing and teaching Jazz to my students as well.  I have been performing in Jazz Clubs since I was 16 and can quickly get someone started on the road to improvisation.   Using our newly renovated Studio we can learn and improve jazz/improv skills with our dedicated play along setup.   

GILBERT DWIGHT JOHNSON , the former principal trumpet player with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy and a professor of music at the University of Miami School of Music from 1975 to 2002, died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Susan Tarbe, in Pinecrest, Florida Johnson came to the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida in 1975 after being the solo trumpet player in the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1958. Johnson was considered to be one of the top classical trumpet players in the world. "He was known for his particular sound, for the warmth of his playing" said Henry Smith, the former solo trumpet player in the Philadelphia Orchestra. He made many classical recordings with the Philadelphia Orchestra including the Haydn Trumpet Concerto which was recently released by Sony, the Essential Classics series and the Hindemith Sonatas for Brass and Piano with Glenn Gould. As a member of the Philadelphia Brass ensemble, he was nominated for a Grammy in 1967 for the recording the " Glorious Sound of Brass". He was awarded a Grammy for the Best Chamber Music Performance and the Prix de Disque award for the "Music of Gabrieli" performed with the Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago Brass Ensemble. In the Philadelphia Orchestra with Eugene Ormandy he appeared as a soloist numerous times and with Leopold Stokowski, when the maestro returned to Philadelphia after many years of absence. He was with the Philadelphia Orchestra when it was the first orchestra to tour and play in China. He also played with the Florida Philharmonic as solo trumpet when he first moved to Coral Gables, Florida. Johnson was an avid fisherman who enjoyed flyfishing and bonefishing in the Florida Keys. "He never retired. He enjoyed advising and teaching his students at the University and he was a devoted grandfather to Emily and Joe Tarbe." For the past four years he taught every summer at the Henry Mancini Institute of Music at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. He attended and graduated from the Hartt school of Music on a full scholarship and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the first recipient of the Distinquished Alumnus Award from the Julius Hartt School of Music; he received the award again from the University of Hartford Hartt School of Music. In 1970-71 he was awarded the C. Hartman Kuhn award from the Philadelphia Orchestra for his musical standards, character and repuration in the Orchestra. He served both in the Army and the Navy in World War II. He was predeceased by Myra, his wife of 41 years. He is survived by his twin daughters, Sharon Johnson