Town North Concert Band

Dallas, Texas

Frank Bray

Trumpet/Flugelhorn

Dallas, Texas

Music History:

In Lubbock, TX.,  I played cornet 3 years at J.T. Hutchinson Jr. Hi. and 3 years in the Monterey Sr. High Band.  I played trumpet one year in high school orchestra as well, and played in the Texas All-State Band and Orchestra in 1957 and 1958.  I played 4 years at Texas Tech University in the "Goin' Band from Raiderland", as well as in the ROTC Band.  I put my horns away in 1962 after graduation, until I joined the New Horizons Band in Feb. 2005.

When I retired, one of my goals was to learn to play trumpet again.  I sounded so bad when I tried to play, I felt it was useless. Besides, I did not have a group to look forward to playing with. The New Horizons Band gave me the opportunity to play music with a group of my peers that didn't seem to mind the squeaks and missed notes as I am trying to get the ol' lips back in shape and the fingers limbered up. This was the incentive to get me to practice again.