He was appointed Principal Trumpet of the Seattle Symphony, where he performed various solo works, including the rarely played concerto by Michael Haydn.
He held this post for four years before serving in his current position as principal trumpet with the Minnesota Orchestra.
He has appeared numerous times with the Minnesota Orchestra as soloist playing concertos by Haydn, Hummel, Arutiunian, and Tomasi.
He also performed the American premiere of the concerto by Viennese composer Friedrich Wildgans along with Leonard Slatkin conducting in Minneapolis in 1983.
Since then, he has premiered two works for solo trumpet and orchestra, one, a concerto by Michael Gilbertson[2] and another by Reinaldo Moya called A Matter of Taste.