History & Performance Highlights

Featured Vocalist with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, The Kerry Strayer Orchestra, Dave Brandom, Warner Brothers Jazz Publishing and The New KC7.

Choir member and Soloist for services and concerts at St. Peter’s Basilica and all major Basilicas in Rome.

Headliner for The First Annual Fes Jazz Festival in Morocco. Featured Artist for The Kennedy Center’s “A Tribute to Marvin Gaye”, Kansas City’s “Plaza Lighting Ceremony” (televised live regionally), The Coleman Hawkins Legacy Jazz Festival, KC’s Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival, KC’s Jazz Carol Fest, The Kansas State University Jazz Series and The Kansas State Fair.

Performances at The Blue Room at the American Jazz Museum, BET on Jazz, The Stiefel Theatre, The Lied Center, White Concert Hall, The Corbin Mill Theatre, The Unity Temple on the Plaza, The Bohemian Caverns, The Arrowhead Club, Plaza III and Michael Jordan’s.

Member of The U.S. Army Chorale and Featured Vocalist with The U.S. Army Blues (The premier Jazz Big Band of The U.S. Army).

Experiences with The U.S. Army Band, “Pershing’s Own”, include:

• Soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Erich Kunzel.

• Performances with B.B. King, Trisha Yearwood, Travis Tritt, Aaron Neville, Rita Moreno, the Fifth Dimension, the late Ossie Davis, John Schneider, Kristin Chenoweth, Art Garfunkel and others on PBS’s National Memorial Day and National 4th of July Concerts. Televised live nationally on the West Lawn of The U.S. Capitol.

• Performances at The Kennedy Center, The Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall.

• Command Performances for both the Secretary of Defense and the Sergeant Major of the Army.

• Performed for all levels of the Administration, Members of Congress, Foreign Ministers, Official State Department and Pentagon Ceremonies, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Sergeant Major of the Army, and countless foreign and U.S. dignitaries.

• Soloist for The U.S. Army’s Birthday Celebration in the rotunda of The U.S. Capitol, attended by both Houses of Congress.

• Featured Vocalist for The U.S. Army Band’s Christmas Concerts at Washington DC's DAR Constitution Hall, with Maureen McGovern & Phylicia Rashad. Featured Artist on live Christmas Concert CD along with guest artist Kathy Mattea.

• Featured Artist for Pentagon Pops 2000 at Constitution Hall, along with Ruth Pointer, Shane Minor and Phil Driscoll. Appeared on stage with all living Medal of Honor recipients and Tuskegee Airmen.

Performances alongside such artists as Michael McDonald, The Temptations, Wynonna, Sam Moore, Andrae' Crouch, Chris Vadala, Kim Carnes, John Stoddart, Christopher Cross, Scott Ambush and others.

Finalist on Fox-TV's nationally televised Prime Time show, "30 Seconds to Fame."

Winner on “Showtime at the Apollo,” 1999 Season. Nationally televised syndicated show.

Featured Vocalist for Wynton Marsalis' after-concert performance in Topeka, Kansas.

Lead Vocalist for The Atlantic Express: 12-piece R&B/Motown group managed by Garry Mac Productions.