Percussion
John Brumfield is a native of Lexington, Kentucky and holds a B.A. in Music Merchandising. He studied percussion under Rob James at Eastern Kentucky University. John has performed in many ensembles including the Star of Indiana’s production of Brass Theater. While performing with Brass Theater he played alongside such music greats as The Canadian Brass and the percussion group Nexus. Some of the venues Mr. Brumfield has preformed in include The Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, Tanglewood, and Wolftrap. John currently resides in Lexington with his wife Amanda and is employed in the insurance and financial services industry.
Eric Sokolowski – bio coming soon….
Ken Schubert, a founding member of the LBB, has joined the percussion section this season (2008-09). In the first two years, he was the Principal Eb Alto Horn, then moved to the cornet section for several years, returning to the also section last year (2007-08). Ken began his professional playing with the big bands in the late 1940’s and has been teaching Trumpet since 1958. He taught Undergraduate Trumpet and conducted a Brass Choir at Indiana University, School of Music and was on the Faculties of the Colleges of Education at Indiana University and Eastern Kentucky University, teaching instrumental music and supervising student teachers in the Laboratory Schools at both Universities. He retired as an Assistant Professor from Eastern in 1982 and returned to teaching in 1988, teaching Yamaha Keyboard Music Classes in the Madison County schools. Ken earned double majors, “Music Education and Trumpet”, for his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Indiana University.
