I Began playing Trombone in 1957 at age 11. I attended The University Of Miami courtesy of a Henry Fillmore Band scholarship while majoring in Zoology/Marine Biology. I continued graduate studies at CSUS until service in the USAF interrupted my studies. Returning to Ca. I completed degrees in biology/marine science as well as art/photography and spending 25 years as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist before again unpacking my trombone. Besides occupying my retirement performing in three bands, I also find time for photography, creating computer art, attending to a greenhouse populated with several hundred species of exotic orchids and amassing a CD collection containing over 500 discs of symphonic band music alone. (Did you realize that there have been over 210 original symphonies written specifically for the Symphonic band?)

My Art and Photography portfolios are viewable at:
http://www.photo.net/photos/seadrift
http://gavorkna2001.dotphoto.com