Just doing a test write for the new blog editor. Since it looks like my Artist-in-residency at home due to Quarantine Times is not ending anytime soon, more ...

Aloha Everyone! This post is about a unique experience I had in January with the Tucson Symphony. I was originally playing third trumpet on Respighi's Church...

I hope everyone is healthy and being as comfortable as they can be both mentally an physically. There's a duality of our current conditions as I see it and ...

Aloha! Yes It has been since December fourth that I have published a blog post. Life was happening. It's still happening but I actually have made time to sta...

Come on the subscribing journey with Walking Around Sfumato. I think my tech savvy self has figured out how you can see how my world turns. Blurring the line...

We are about to wrap up 2019. Great, it happens every year. As I get older, years seem to flow into the next. It's very easy to blow off the feeling of the s...

As a musician who plays in an orchestra, work may not always require you to play what you were trained to do in music school. I've had an interesting few wee...

Last week I had the good fortune to play with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, give masterclasses and Arizona State University and the University of Arizona, h...

Another trumpet related post this week. I'll preface by saying, this is not a pity-party post. It's a post warning you on not believing in the power of JET-L...

We've all heard it...How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Recently I was playing at an orchestra concert where the audience sat in with us and watched what was g...

Greetings All! This week on Walking around Sfumato, I'll be writing about my approach to eating. I'm not into diets and I would never say I'm on a diet. For ...

The season has started. So that means I made my first journey over the mainland and landed on the most isolated land mass on earth, Hawaii. I enjoy flying on...

Welcome to the Second post of Walking Around Sfumato. Today I am going to write about the deodorant I make and use. As the summer comes to a close, and I mak...

Aloha World, With the start of a new school year for many, I've decided to start a blog called Walking Around Sfumato. You're probably wondering what that ti...