Well, it is done. As of noon on Monday, April 5th, I have successfully completed my Doctor of Musical Arts degree program! I am the only doctoral student Don Harry has ever had (at the Eastman School or Julliard) and am the first person to receive a tuba DMA from the Eastman School in the new millennium – in fact, I am only the ninth person to recieve a DMA in Tuba in the history of the Eastman School!
Life is really rolling along for me right now: I’ve finished the doctorate, I’ll get married this summer, we’re releasing a CASH Back album soon, both the Dave Rivello Ensemble and the Po’ Boys have been invited back to the Xerox/Rochester International Jazz Festival, and I’m the head judge for the quartet competition at the upcoming International Tuba and Euphonium Conference!