Artistic Director
Dan Stone
Born in southern Oregon, I developed an early interest in music through various choirs, piano and ultimately his passion as a trumpet player. After my family moved to Arizona when I was a teenager, I focused on this all the more, playing in the pit orchestra for various musicals, performing in high school all-state ensembles, attending International Trumpet Guild conferences and ultimately achieving a Bachelors of Music Education from Northern Arizona University. After graduation, I directed a high school band program in Arizona before leaving education, but my passion for music has never gone away!
Outside of music, I enjoy reading, hiking, football (go 49ers!!!), gaming and traveling. I hope to travel internationally at least once a year for the rest of my life so I can experience the world's cultures, peoples, foods and more. There's so much beauty to be found in this world by breaking out of your own routines and I can't wait to see what the world has to offer. Speaking of beauty, I'm currently engaged to be married to my future wife Colleen in a few months and I couldn't be more excited!
Born in southern Oregon, I developed an early interest in music through various choirs, piano and ultimately his passion as a trumpet player. After my family moved to Arizona when I was a teenager, I focused on this all the more, playing in the pit orchestra for various musicals, performing in high school all-state ensembles, attending International Trumpet Guild conferences and ultimately achieving a Bachelors of Music Education from Northern Arizona University. After graduation, I directed a high school band program in Arizona before leaving education, but my passion for music has never gone away!
Outside of music, I enjoy reading, hiking, football (go 49ers!!!), gaming and traveling. I hope to travel internationally at least once a year for the rest of my life so I can experience the world's cultures, peoples, foods and more. There's so much beauty to be found in this world by breaking out of your own routines and I can't wait to see what the world has to offer. Speaking of beauty, I'm currently engaged to be married to my future wife Colleen in a few months and I couldn't be more excited!