U.S. Air Force Chamber Ensemble

Tubist Senior Master Sergeant Gilbert C. Corella is the Special Events Manager for The United States Air Force Band, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington D.C. Originally from Miami, Fla., his career in the Air Force began in 1985 as a tubist with the Ceremonial Brass, and has also appeared as a soloist with the Concert Band and Chamber Orchestra.

Tubist Senior Master Sergeant Gilbert C. Corella is the Special Events Manager for The United States Air Force Band, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington D.C. Originally from Miami, Fla., his career in the Air Force began in 1985 as a tubist with the Ceremonial Brass, and has also appeared as a soloist with the Concert Band and Chamber Orchestra. He holds a bachelor of music degree from the Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.), a master of music degree in performance and conducting from George Mason University (Fairfax, Va.), and a doctorate of musical arts degree from the Catholic University of America, as the school’s first-ever graduate in tuba performance. Prior to joining The United States Air Force Band, Sgt. Corella performed with Disneyland's All-American College Band in Anaheim, Calif. As an active free lance artist, he has performed as a jazz tubist throughout the Washington, D.C. area. He has represented The United States Air Force Band at numerous conventions, including the Fretted Instrument Guild of the Americas and Mid-America Banjo Enthusiasts' international conventions, and the International Tuba-Euphonium Association conventions. He is currently the tuba-euphonium professor at George Washington University in Washington, D.C, as well as the conductor of the Loudoun Symphonic Winds, based in Sterling, Va. In 2005, Sgt. Corella founded the Serapis Foundation, a non-profit organization comprised of professional musicians, whose purpose centers upon educational outreach for economically challenged and diverse adolescents.

Trombonist Sergeant First Class Harry Watters serves with the United States Army Band in Washington, DC and teaches Jazz Trombone at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. His numerous Summit Records releases include the popular Love Songs and the three critically acclaimed Brothers discs with trumpeter Ken Watters. After graduation from the University of North Texas, Sgt. Watters spent four years touring and recording with the renowned Dukes of Dixieland. While working at night on Bourbon Street, he attended the University of New Orleans by day, serving as the graduate assistant to Professor Ellis Marsalis. Sgt. Watters has performed with Doc Serverinsen, Al Hirt, Pete Fountain, Erich Kunzel, Kevin Mahogany, Wycliffe Gordon, Lou Rawls, Maureen McGovern, Bill Watrous, Carl Fontana, Jiggs Whiggam, James Moody, Peter Erskine, Conrad Herwig, John Fedchock and the Boston Brass. In addition, Sgt. Watters has appeared as a featured soloist with the Syracuse Symphony, the Baton Rouge Symphony, the Louisiana Philharmonic, the Tulsa Pops, the West Virginia Symphony, the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band, the Janacek Philharmonic, the Moldovan Festival Orchestra and the U.S. Army Orchestra.

Pianist Master Gunnery Sergeant Robert Boguslaw joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in April 1991. In January 2003, he was appointed section leader for the Marine Band’s keyboard section and later that year was appointed section commander for the band’s combo section. MGySgt Boguslaw began his musical training at age 6. Upon graduating in 1975 from Cherry Hill High School East, he earned a bachelor’s degree in music in 1979 from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla., where he studied with Rosalina Sackstein. He also studied privately with Fred Coulter in Miami. MGySgt Boguslaw earned a master’s degree in music in 1987 from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, where he studied piano with Lucien Stark.

Technical Sergeant David McDonald is the drummer with The United States Air Force Band’s Airmen of Note. Originally from Decatur, Illinois, his Air Force career began in 2006. He received his bachelor of music degree in percussion performance from DePaul University in 2005. As drummer with the DePaul Jazz Ensemble, Sgt. McDonald played on live recordings with Phil Woods and Bobby Shew. In 2002, he performed with DePaul aboard the 2nd Annual Jazz Times Jazz Party at Sea, accompanying several guest artists including Jon Faddis, Steve Turre, James Moody, and Fathead Newman. His primary teachers at DePaul include Ted Atkatz, Eric Millstein, Fred Selvaggio, and Bob Rummage. In 2005, Sgt. McDonald briefly attended the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied with Will Hudgins and Fred Buda. As a freelance musician, he has performed with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Concertante di Chicago, Kenosha Symphony, Illinois Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, Rob Parton's Jazz Tech Big Band, Capitol Bones, and Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra. Additionally, he toured Japan in 2005 as a member of the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra.

Guitarist Ken Hall received his master’s degree in jazz composition from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In 1991, he toured the former Soviet Union on a State Department-sponsored tour, and he has performed around the world with jazz luminaries such as Slide Hampton, Max Roach, Archie Shepp, Cecil Bridgewater, and others. Mr. Hall can be heard on recordings by the Jeff Holmes Big Band, Unnatural Ax, and his own self-titled, self-produced CDs. A former instructor of jazz guitar at Amherst College, the University of Massachusetts, and Westfield State College, he is presently a faculty member at the National Guitar Workshop.

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11/30/09: U.S. Air Force Chamber Ensemble

An inter-service jazz session, featuring Tubist Senior Master Sergeant Gil Corella and Friends.

U.S. Air Force Chamber Ensemble

An inter-service jazz session, featuring Tubist Senior Master Sergeant Gil Corella and Friends.

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