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Nick
"Gorgeous" Borges, or Nick "The Yellow Dart"
Borges, or Nick "turning lesbians strait" Borges.
What ever you want to call him, he's the newest member of
the band and he immediately became an MVP. Not that his trumpet
playing or singing is any good, but he brings a GPS on the
road with us, which is helpfull.
He started on trumpet and trombone through westfield public
schools band programs and made Massachusetts district jazz
band 6 years in a row on trumpet. Nick then went on to study
music at Holyoke Community College under Bob Ferrier and Dave
Shapiro. He's currently a 'Jazz & African American Studies
in Music' major at UMASS studying trumpet & voice and
has taken private trumpet lessons from Eric Berlin and Steve
Sonntag.
Individual
Awards:
- 7 I.A.J.E. (International Association for Jazz Education)
Outstanding soloist awards '00-'04
- I.A.J.E. Massachusetts district most valuable player class
A award '04
- 2 Louis Armstrong jazz awards '03 & '04
- John Philip Sousa Band award '04
- Outstanding Music Achievement award (elementary school)
- 2 Showcase Music Festival Outstanding Soloist awards
- Berklee College of Music Judges' Choice Award
Nick
has Participated in:
UMASS Jazz Ensemble
Drunk Stuntmen (live & studio)
Young @ Heart Chorus
Yucky Octopus (Studio)
Most local jazz players at jazz clubs, lounges, etc.
Peter Erskine, John Abercrombie, Rufus Reid, and
Bill Cosby
(yes, that Bill Cosby) |
