Row 1: With Jacomo Bairos and David Mills backstage at Charlotte Symphony, 2013; enjoying a fabulous lunch with - and courtesy of - Meister Gerhard Meinl, 2012 Row 2: Testing tubas in the Meinl Showroom, 2012; Backstage before performing two Williams concerti with the West Virginia Symphony, 2012 Row 3: With fellow tubists at Universal Studios for British Holiday Music, 2011; with mariachi friends at Warner Bros. during The Lopez Show sketch, 2012 Row 4: At the Marina Park, home of the San Diego Symphony's 2010 summer season; view from the back row of Mr. Burt Bacharach, 2010 Row 5: With Norm Pearson, Fritz Kaenzig, and Chuck Koontz after a concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, 2009; with the WVSO Low Brass at Snowshoe 2008 Row 6: Warming up outside of Middleton Place, Spoleto USA 2009