(Photography by Kathy Fallon Photography)
Joseph Boga has appeared in a diverse array of venues, in the northeastern United States and in Italy, and with a variety of artists and ensembles. He studies trumpet with Wynton Marsalis and Mark Gould. Beginning in fall of 2010, he will be enrolled at The Juilliard School in the Jazz Studies program.
Joseph has performed professionally as a member of The Wycliffe Gordon Sextet, The Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Stars, The Loren Schoenberg Big Band, The Ron Leas Brass Band, The Roy Williams Group, and The Gene Dempsey Orchestra, and has appeared as a student guest performer with The Wynton Marsalis Quartet and The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. His debut performance as a member of The New York Trumpet Ensemble will be in fall of 2010.
Joseph is grateful to the teachers and mentors who have so generously shared their knowledge and experience with him, and have provided him with myriad opportunities to develop his musicianship and his character, especially Wynton Marsalis, Mark Gould, Wycliffe Gordon, Cecil Bridgewater, Loren Schoenberg, Genevieve Stewart, Jumaane Smith, Marcus Printup, Sean Jones, Jeffrey Curnow, and Warren Vache.
Boga has had the opportunity to rehearse and perform with an impressive array of both established and emerging jazz artists, including Alvin Atkinson, Etienne Charles, Seneca Black, Aaron Diehl, John Eckert, Dominick Farinacci, Marian Felder, Tia Fuller, Wycliffe Gordon, Victor Goines, Carlos Henriquez, Carmen Intorre, Ali Jackson, Melissa Jean, Jon Kelso, Jen Krupa, Lawrence Leathers, Carl Maraghi, Tony Marino, Wynton Marsalis, Yasushi Nakamura, Dan Nimmer, David Ostwald, Leigh Pilzer, Marcus Printup, Matt Rybicki, Loren Schoenberg, Jumaane Smith, Ron Stabinsky, Kurt Stockdale, Roy Williams, and many others.
At home in Pennsylvania during his high school years, Joseph was a member of The CotaCats Big Band; Performing Arts Institute Civic Symphony Orchestra; The University of Scranton Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, Concert Band, String Orchestra, and Concert Choir; and also participated in student musical ensembles at his high school. He received many musical awards and honors, among them numerous qualifications and participations in PMEA and MENC festivals, where in 2008 Joseph earned the position of principal trumpet in the Pennsylvania All-State Orchestra and in 2009 served as principal trumpet for the MENC All-Eastern Orchestra.
Joseph leads The Joseph Boga Quartet and Quintet, and plays on Monette and Bach trumpets. (He also plays piano and bass.)