Tim Zimmerman and the King's Brass provide innovative worship for young and old alike through the "best in sacred brass music." By teaming together, these Christian professionals from around the United States perform their original arrangements as heard on their eight recordings. For more than twenty years, The King's Brass have performed over one hundred concerts each season with three trumpets, three trombones, a tuba, keyboards, and percussion. Playing a wide variety of music from Gabrieli to hymn classics, from Handel to jazz spirituals, from Christmas carols to patriotic marches, The King's Brass uses all corners of the concert hall to lift hearts and spirits in praise.


 

TIM ZIMMERMAN Director of The King's Brass and a Trumpet Solo Artist, Tim received his graduate degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,  Maryland. He has been a member of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra and often assists with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. For thirteen years, Tim served as Artist-in-Residence and Chairman of the Music Department at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana. He and his wife, Gina, a Re/Max realtor, and their three teenage children live in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

 



ALAN CARR
Alan has lived in the greater New York City region for the past few years, where he is freelance musician.  He received his Master's degree in performance from The Juilliard School, and is currently pursuing post-graduate studies at Yale University.  He has performed and recorded with the American Brass Quintet, and can be heard on a new CD featuring Joseph Alessi, principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic.   Most recently, Alan has been called to perform with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and is a founding member of ArsVentus Chamber Ensemble.



MICHELE FEVIG
A native of Western Michigan, Michelle studied piano with Audrejean Heydenburg at Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor, Michigan, and has received numerous departmental awards as well as the Amanda Hale Scholarship 2004 and 2005.  She has done seminar work at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has done extensive piano accompaniment across the state.  Michelle has participated in a number of music organizations as a pianist, organist, and saxophone player.




JARED FLETCHER
A former tuba student of Winston Morris at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, TN, Jared now works for Cornerstone Builders, Inc. building and remodeling houses.  As a son of a military chaplain, he has traveled extensively around the world, and has retained a passion for traveling today.  He currently attends Living Hope Church in Cookeville, TN, where he is pursuing roles as a youth leader, college group leader, and music minister.  Jared enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, hiking, running, reading and coffee shops.




DAVID GRAVESEN
A graduate of Purchase College, State University of New York with a Master’s degree in trombone performance, David resides in Frisco, Texas where he is a freelance musician, teacher, and arranger. Having received his undergraduate degree from Florida State University, David has gone on to make solo appearances across the United States, as well as playing often in musical theater.



BRIAN SHOOK
Brian received his undergraduate degree from Cedarville University and Master’s and Doctoral degrees from Arizona State University. Over the years, Brian has assisted with the trumpet sections of the Dayton Philharmonic, Phoenix Symphony and New Mexico Symphony Orchestras. As an author, Brian has been published in the International Trumpet Guild Journal, New York Times, London Times and The New York Sun. His doctoral dissertation was a biography of New York Philharmonic trumpet legend, William Vacchiano, which will be published as book in 2009. Currently, Brian is a faculty member at Towson University in Baltimore.


JASON WEBB
A graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma, Jason has won numerous awards for his trumpet playing.  He was awarded the 1999 Outstanding Jazz Musician at the Wichita Jazz Festival, UCO Concerto Competition winner in 2000, and has performed with artists such as Patti Page and Bobby Shew.  Jason and his wife Andi live in Dallas, TX and are connoisseurs of fine Texas barbeque.


MICHAEL WHARTON
A native of San Diego, California, Michael is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.  He has been a member of the park brass at Sea World of California, principal trombonist of the San Diego Youth Orchestra, a member of the Shadow Mountain Community Church Orchestra and a Pro Musica grant recipient.  Currently, Michael and his wife Catherine live in the Tucson, Arizona where he is a freelance musician and substitute trombonist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.


BRANDON WOOD
Originally from Birmingham, Alabama,  Brandon is a master’s candidate and teaching assistant at Florida State University in Tallahassee, having finished his undergraduate degree in music education from Lee University, in Cleveland, Tennessee.  While at Lee, Brandon was a member of the Lee Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. David Holsinger; recipient of a Presidential Scholarship; Outstanding Performance at Jazz Week 2005 and the Lee Honors Recital; and the Director’s Award in the Lee Symphonic Band.  Brandon will experience further changes in his life with an upcoming August 2007 wedding to Kellie.