Toured with Western Illinois Jazz Studio Orchestra
Leader of the Andrew Bowers Trio
Member of the Prospero Quintet (featuring): Ben Jervis (trumpet), Ryan Partin (alto sax), Joel Cachero (guitars), and Dave Consiglio (drums /percussion)
Performed with:
Hopper Jazztet (featuring): John Cooper, Michael Stryker, and Kevin Nichols
The Kaleb McEwen Quartet (featuring): Kaleb McEwen (guitars), Benjamin Bergmark (piano), and Michael Schraft (drums /percussion)
The Musto Sextet (featuring): Michael Musto (trombone), Benjamin Bergmark (piano), Emmanuel Ruffin (drums), Ryan Kastel (trumpet), and Thomas Reeder (tenor /soprano sax)
Sideman to: Chris Vadala (Soprano Sax) (Played w / Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald)
Chris Brubeck (Multi-instrumentalist) (Played w/ Dave Brubeck, Bela Fleck, Tower of Power, GerryMulligan)
John Trudell (Lead Trumpet) (Played w / Tommy Dorsey Orchestra)
Bobby Shew (Lead Trumpet) (Played w / Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Woody Herman Band, Maynard Fergeson, Horace Silver Quintet)
Bob Mintzer (Tenor Sax) (w / Yellow Jackets, Peter Erskine, John Pattitucci, Jaco Pastorius, Buddy Rich, Mel Lewis)
Roger Ingram (Lead trumpet) (Played w/ Maynard Ferguson Band, John Cooper Jazz Orchestra, Woody Herman Band, Frank Sinatra)
John Cooper (Trumpet) (Played w / Clark Terry, Dave Liebman, Jim McNeely)
Michael Stryker (Pianist) (Played w /Clarke Terry, Freddie Hubbard)
Mark Colby (Tenor Sax) (Played w / Charlie Haden, Jaco Pastorius, Frank Sinatra, Stan Getz, Maynard Ferguson)
Bepi D'Mato (Clarinetist) (Italian Big Band, Solo Artist, and w/ Marco Renzi)
Maestro Marco Renzi (Band Leader) Father of Italian Big Band
Bill Caldwell (Tenor Sax) (Played w / Mike Metheny, Randy Brecker, Bob Bowman, Steve Houghton, Bobby Watson)
Studied under: Marlene Rosenberg, Mark Foley, Craig Owens,
Miki Masuda Jarvis, Michael Stryker, Kevin Nichols,
John Cooper, Mark Laycock, Bill Caldwell, Steve Houghton,
Shelly Berg, Lou Phillips, Tom Brantley, Mark Colby, Roberto Berdanello
Prestigious places performed at: Green Mill
North shore Jazz Festival
Rock and Alternative Discography:
West of Eden: EP (Pre-production) 2009 Independent
Flicker(Self-titled) 2004 Independent
Nobody’sRebel: And So It Begins (2005) Independent
The Jents: Morse Code from Muzzle Flashes: 2006 Independent
Classical Repetoire performed:
Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) by Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn
Kantate No. 24 in A minor by J. S. Bach
Symphony Nr. 5 in E minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Currently Playing)
Symphony Nr. 4 in E minor by Johannes Brahms (Currently Playing)
Symphony Nr. 9 in E-flat major by Dimitri Shostakovich (Currently Playing)
Symphony Nr. 5 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven (Currently Playing)
Concerto in G major by Domenico Dragonetti (Currently Studying)
Musical Theatre Discography:
Oklahoma (2006)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (2007)
Western Illinois BFA Showcase (2007)
Western Illinois BFA Showcase (2008)
A New Brain (2008)
A Man of No Importance (2008)
Urinetown (2009)
Fickle (2009)
Closer to Me (2009)
Lucky Stiff (2009)
A Year with Frog and Toad (2009)
Puttin' It Together (2010)
Awards and Recognition:
The Dale Hopper Jazz Scholarship Award 2008
The Louis Armstrong Jazz Award (for outstanding Jazz musician) 2006
Great Plains Jazz Festival Award (for outstanding soloist) 2005
Millard South Jazz Festival Award ( for outstanding soloist) 2004
Great Plains Jazz Festival Award (for outstanding soloist) 2003