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Mike Kamuf is an
educator, composer, arranger, and freelance trumpeter who holds
Bachelor of Music degrees in both jazz performance and music
education from the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State
University, and a Master of Arts degree in instrumental conducting
from George Mason University. Mike served as assistant principal
trumpet with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra under the baton of
David Effron, and has performed and toured with the Tommy Dorsey
Orchestra and Woody Herman Orchestra. He can be heard as a soloist
with the Washington, D.C.–based Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra.
Mike Kamuf's
compositions and arrangements have been commissioned and performed by
several bands and artists, including the Woody Herman Orchestra,
Glenn Miller Orchestra, USAF Airmen of Note, Navy Commodores,
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, COTA Cats, Marvin Stamm, Terrel Stafford,
Chris Vadala, Eddie Daniels, Duffy Jackson, Bill Watrous, and Nick
Brignola. Currently, Mike serves as director of bands and orchestras,
and music department chair at John T. Baker Middle School in
Damascus, Maryland. He has directed the Montgomery County Public
Schools Senior Honors Jazz Band for six seasons and leads the MCPS
Faculty Jazz Band at several annual school functions. Mike has served
as a jazz faculty member at both Youngstown State University and
Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland. He is also the treasurer
and past secretary of the Maryland IAJE. |
