Joshua Samuel Carr studied trumpet at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Towson University. While studying at Towson University, Mr. Carr won several solo competitions and department awards. He has been part of various unique projects; from touring the region's historic theaters with the Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra accompanying the silent films of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, to opening for the band Reel Big Fish. In San Francisco Mr. Carr performed with several orchestras including the Symphony Parnassus, the San Francisco Academy Orchestra, and the Awesöme Orchestra. In collaboration with Undercover Presents he performed a tribute to A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders as part of the Awesöme Orchestra Collective. Now back on the East Coast Mr. Carr has been working with the Lancaster and Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestras and is a member of the Capital Wind Symphony in Washington, DC. 

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