For the month of November 2020, the TBSAA Growth and Professional Development Program is focusing on professional development and career advancement. On Friday, November 13 at 8:30 pm ET, Jeff Conner, trumpet player and founding member of the Boston Brass, will join TBSAA for a webinar titled “Using Your Toolbox.” Members of TBSAA are invited to join the Zoom meeting for the webinar (check your email), which will be streamed on the TBSAA Facebook page: http://facebook.com/tbsaa/
Jeff Conner is the only original member of Boston Brass. He founded the group with some fellow Boston musicians while a student at Boston University and has engineered the meteoric rise of this ensemble’s fame in the world of popular chamber music. Jeff received his master’s degree in Music from Boston University and his bachelor’s degree in music from Boston Conservatory. He has presented his Entrepreneurial Clinic, “The Portfolio Musician” at The Yale School of Music, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston Conservatory of Music, Belmont School of Music, University of South Carolina, University of Las Vegas, University of Missouri, Syracuse University, Kansas State University, University fo Kansas, Iowa State, Kansas City Conservatory and the Indiana Music Educators Conference. He is co-author of “The Portfolio Musician, Case Studies in Success” with Grammy Nominated Musician John Laverty.