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Les Elkins
Trumpet
Les is originally from West Virginia, growing up in Chuck Yeager's
hometown. He played trumpet in high school marching bands and
continued playing while he attended the West Virginia Institute of
Technology in Montgomery, WV. There he also sang with the Guy
Owen Baker Chorale, traveling with them to Germany, Austria,
Poland, and Hungary.
When Les moved to Maryland he was pleased to find many
opportunities to continue playing, including the Columbia
Community Band, Rockville Brass Band, and the employee's band
at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at White Oak, MD. In addition
to JSS Les currently plays trumpet with the New HOTS Jazz
Orchestra and occasionally the Rockville Brass Band and other
groups. He has also played in some fifty-odd pit bands for
community theaters in the area. Les has also appeared on stage in a
number of musicals and operettas, as part of the chorus or as an
occasional role in community and professional theaters in DC and
Maryland.
He is pleased to have this opportunity to find the trad jazz sound,
work on his improvisation (only took twenty-five years of playing to
get ready to learn to improvise!), and is pleased to have yet another
venue to perform with his new wife, the vocalist.
Trumpet
Les is originally from West Virginia, growing up in Chuck Yeager's
hometown. He played trumpet in high school marching bands and
continued playing while he attended the West Virginia Institute of
Technology in Montgomery, WV. There he also sang with the Guy
Owen Baker Chorale, traveling with them to Germany, Austria,
Poland, and Hungary.
When Les moved to Maryland he was pleased to find many
opportunities to continue playing, including the Columbia
Community Band, Rockville Brass Band, and the employee's band
at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at White Oak, MD. In addition
to JSS Les currently plays trumpet with the New HOTS Jazz
Orchestra and occasionally the Rockville Brass Band and other
groups. He has also played in some fifty-odd pit bands for
community theaters in the area. Les has also appeared on stage in a
number of musicals and operettas, as part of the chorus or as an
occasional role in community and professional theaters in DC and
Maryland.
He is pleased to have this opportunity to find the trad jazz sound,
work on his improvisation (only took twenty-five years of playing to
get ready to learn to improvise!), and is pleased to have yet another
venue to perform with his new wife, the vocalist.
