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BILL
FELDNER This trumpet player is a sports medicine doctor with a love
of music. Bill started playing with GCBB in the mid-90's because of his love for
the big band sound.
Bill was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and began playing trumpet in 6th grade. In
the high school band he was voted "Most Outstanding Senior." Bill
took his horn with him to Drury College, playing in the Concert Band, Jazz
Band and Orchestra. He kept playing with community bands while attending
medical school at O.S.U. in Tulsa.
When Bill moved to St. Louis he took a hiatus from music for sports
medicine training, but in the early 90's joined the Meramec Concert Band
and the Ambassadors of Swing, where the Gateway
City Big Band got his name and called him to come be a substitute. He was able
to sub a few times and when a permanent spot in the trumpet section opened
up in 1998, he became a regular.
Bill doesn't get to practice medicine in the band but he does add a great
sound to the section. He is married to Julie, who he met at the Muny Opera.
They have two children, Sara and Max.
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