Brass Faculty

Rob Diener, trumpet

Rob has spent the past 20 years as a professional Trumpet player and educator. Mr. Diener has performed all over the country in every genre of music imaginable.  He has played in clasical ensembles, jazz groups, rock groups, theater productions, and has even performed for major sporting events such as Nascar.  In 2003 Mr. Diener formed his own band Anomaly, which has 2 cds to its credit that were reviewed nationally.  Rob has performed with such artists as Greg Karukas, Gerald Veasley, Rick Braun, Chuck Loeb, Jeff Kashiwa, Richard Elliot, Joe McBride, The LA Chillharmonic, Brian Bromberg, The Heads Up Superband, and Chieli Micucci and Special EFX.  He has also Played the National tour of the Broadway musical 42nd Street, as well as subbing on the North American tour of The Producers. He has also appeared at the Berks Jazz Fest, The Rehobeth Jazz Fest, the Point Pleasant Jazz and Blues Festival, The Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz festival, and Bethlehem Musikfest.  Mr. Diener likes to use his vast experience to make learning the trumpet a fun, and positive experience for his students. If you ask Rob, he will tell you that he himself is a constant student of the trumpet, and enjoys passing along his findings to students and colleagues alike.

Mark Morris, trombone

Mark has been a performer and educator in the greater Philadelphia and Allentown area for the past twenty-three years.  He earned his Bachelors of Music in Trombone Performance & Music Education from Temple University, in 1991.  During his undergraduate career, he studied with Eric Carlson and Tyrone Breuninger, both members of the Philadelphia Orchestra.  Mr. Morris returned to Temple in 2008, and completed his Masters of Music in Trombone in 2010, as a student of Matt Vaughn (Associate Principal Trombone – Philadelphia Orchestra.)   As a freelance musician, Mr. Morris has appeared with most of the regional orchestras in Southeast PA, as well as the Delaware Symphony and Ocean City Pops.  As an educator, Mr. Morris was a band director at Pennsbury High School from 1994-2003.  After a brief teaching engagement in North Carolina, he returned to Pennsylvania as Director of Bands at Pennridge High School, where he currently teaches high school band, marching band, jazz band, music technology and electronic keyboarding.  Mr. Morris resides in North Wales with his wife Alexis.