Geoff is a diversely skilled performer and music educator with over 20 years of experience in the field. He completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music at UMass Amherst studying classical trumpet training with Walter Chesnut, and Jazz and African American music studies training under the tutelage of Jeff Holmes, Yusef Lateef, and Adam Kolker.

Geoff is an active freelance trumpet player who performs in a variety of musical contexts and styles from various jazz groups, musical theatre pit orchestra work, to occasional solo trumpet and organ, and chamber brass quartet/quintet work.

In addition to trumpet instruction, Geoff also teaches core music theory and other courses at Holyoke and Berkshire Community Colleges, as well as directing and coaching various performance ensembles, including some of the jazz combos at Amherst College.