Jim Lake - Musician - New York City, NY
917-756-9425
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Jim has performed or recorded
with each of the following music groups: 

Symphony Orchestras 
  • AAC Orchestra
  • Aspen Music Festival
  • Brookhaven Choral Festival
  • Bulgarian Philharmonic
  •  Jupiter Symphony
  • Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
  • New England Symphonic Ensemble
  • New Jersey Festival Orchestra
  • New York String Orchestra
  • Norwalk Symphony
  • One World Symphony
  • Pan-Asian Symphony
  • Rome Festival Orchestra
  • Summit Music Festival
  • Symphony of Westchester (NY)
  • Westchester Chamber Symphony
Brass Ensembles
  • Allegro! Brass Ensemble
  • Arcadia Brass Ensemble
  • Gramercy Brass Orchestra
  • Metropolitan Opera Ceremonial Trumpets
  • New Castle Brass
Theater Experience
Jim has performed all the musicals listed below.  All performances were as Principal/Lead Trumpet except those noted with an *. 
Musicals
  • Bernstein - Mass*
  • Brigadoon
  • Damn Yankees
  • Doonesbury
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  • Kismet
  • Man of La Mancha
  • The Most Happy Fella
  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • South Pacific
  • Sweeney Todd
  • Sweet Charity
  • Titanic
  • Various Revues

Education

Master of Music
  • Manhattan School of Music
Bachelor of Music
  • Rice University (Shepherd School of Music)

Opera Orchestras
  • American Opera Musical Theater
  • Blue Hill Troupe
  • DiCapo Opera
  • Metropolitan Opera (Ceremonial Trumpets)
  • One World Symphony
  • Rome Festival Opera
  • Verismo Opera
Chamber Orchestras & Baroque Ensembles 
  • Goliard Ensemble
  • Ibex Chamber Orchestra
  • Liederkranz Society Orchestra
  • Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
  • Sinfonia Celestis
  • The Metro Chamber Orchestra
  • The Queen's Band
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Indie, Funk, Folk, etc.
  • Brewster
  • Hem
  • Q2QL3
  • Subway Darwins
Opera Experience
Jim has performed all the works listed below.
All performances were as Principal Trumpet
except those noted with an *. 

Opera
  • Barber - Vanessa
  • Bizet - Carmen*
  • Britten - Peter Grimes
  • Debussy - L'Enfant Prodigue
  • Gounod - Romeo and Juliet*
  • Handel - Deidamia*
  • Janácek - Šáarka*
  • Mozart - Le Nozze de Figaro
  • Nicolai - The Merry Wives of Windsor*
  • Picker - Emmeline
  • Ponchielli - La Gioconda
  • Puccini - La Boheme
  • Puccini - La Fanciulla del West*
  • Puccini - Tosca
  • Puccini - Turandot*
  • Rorem - Miss Julie*
  • Strauss, Richard - Ariadne auf Naxos
  • Strauss, Richard - Elektra
  • Strauss, Richard - Salome
  • Verdi - Aida*
  • Verdi - Rigoletto*
  • Verdi - Il Trovatore
Operetta
  • Gilbert & Sullivan - The Gondoliers
  • Gilbert & Sullivan - The Grand Duke
  • Gilbert & Sullivan - HMS Pinafore
  • Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado
  • Gilbert & Sullivan - Patience
  • Gilbert & Sullivan - Ruddigore
  • Gilbert & Sullivan - Utopia, Limited
  • Strauss, Johann - Die Fledermaus
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