When one considers all his remarkable adventures and travels, it’s as if Geoff has lived in his own little ‘musical Disneyland’ since first picking up a trumpet at the tender age of 4.  Where else would a 4-year-old be featured on the front page of The Washington Post?  

Where else could a 5-yr-old child perform with the likes of the elite U.S. ARMY BLUES JAZZ ENSEMBLE ?-- on the steps of the U.S. CAPITOL no less??  Or a 5-yr-old appear as guest soloist with the world-class WASHINGTON SYMPHONIC BRASS? 

Only in Geoff’s ‘Disneyland’ do jazz trumpet legends like MAYNARD FERGUSON  share their stage with  5-yr-old trumpet players in one of the premier jazz supper clubs in the country.  Not in the real world does a child as young as six perform for the president at the WHITE HOUSE or with the U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY CONCERT BAND. 

In Geoff’s Disneyland, 6-yr-olds possess the talent, poise and supreme confidence to perform for a MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL opening day crowd of 49,000 and 7-yr-old musicians get to perform at the KENNEDY CENTER in DC!!!  And only in his own little ‘Disneyland’ are 7-yr-olds endowed with such remarkable musical gifts as to garner guest soloist engagements with such distinguished ensembles as DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA, the LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA and ALLENTOWN (PA) BAND, "America's Oldest Civilian Band"!

    Up to now, any one of these exploits was unheard of and unimaginable. Yet Geoffrey holds all these distinctions--with appearances on CBS's 'EARLY SHOW, NBC's 'TONIGHT SHOW' and 'TODAY SHOW' and BBC RADIO to boot!!!  Other notable guest soloist appearances include: Philadelphia Brass--Bemus Bay (NY) Pops--PeachTree Winds (GA)--Northern Indiana Symphony Orchestra--New Bedford (MA) Symphony Orchestra--257th Army Band D.C.--Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, D.C--Ridgewood (NJ) Concert Band―Compton Heights (St. Louis) Band—New Philharmonic (IL).  And it wouldn't be a 'musical Disneyland' unless a kid trumpeter gets to play with not just Maynard Ferguson but lots of famous trumpeters; Geoff has played with other trumpet luminaries from Phil Driscoll, Arturo Sandoval, Chris Botti and Hugh Masekela to the preeminent jazz musician of our time, Wynton Marsalis.

 Attesting to Geoff's immense appeal as a National Anthem performer are appearances in 14 professional sports venues across the country: 7 NBA arenas, 7 MLB stadiums and 1 NHL arena---that comes out to roughly 420,000 pro-sports fans he's performed for.  It  surely must have felt like 'Disneyland' when NBA great Lebron James walked over and  shook his hand after an anthem performance.   And then there's the 30,000 fans at the championship game of the LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES this past august who were treated to Geoff's anthem performance as well.

 But maybe his 'Disneyland' isn't everything he'd like―he still has school and homework and daily practice , Sunday Service and baths, cleaning his room  and vegetables to deal with just like every other fourth-grader.  So much for Disneyland!  But if he has to be in school, Stratford Landing Elementary in Alexandria isn't such a bad place to be, says Geoff.  He likes his teacher and his classmates and enjoys afterschool activities like the chess club and running club. Geoff plays in Little League and also enjoys riding his bike, swimming and watching classic TV shows like Superman, Get Smart, F-Troop, Flintstones, Daniel Boone, Andy Griffith Show and his absolute favorite, the Honeymooners!

 Geoff is under the tutelage of Chuck Seipp and Kenny Rittenhouse, both of the U.S. Army Band, Pershings Own,  here in D.C. and Geoff performs on a Bb Cornet donated by the YAMAHA CORP in recognition and support of his extraordinary talent.