Tom Godfrey
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Location | Atlanta, GA, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | When I suffered a lip injury that ended my career as a classical trombonist, I thought my life as a musician was finished, but I fell in love with music all over again when Santa gave me a guitar for Christmas in 2003. Even as I was struggling with my first chords, I was planning a new performance career. As a trombonist, I performed with the Heritage of America Band at Langley Air Force Base, the Ohio Light Opera, and in pick-up bands for touring acts that included Rosemary Clooney, George Burns, and the Manhattan Transfer. Reborn as a jazz guitarist, I sing and play my own solo arrangements of jazz classics, am half of the Godfrey and Guy duo, and hold the guitar chair in the Sentimental Journey Orchestra. I have been a freelance music copyist since 1995, served as Director of Music at Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation from 2011 to 2017, and currently serve as Contemporary Band Director at the same congregation. |
| Interests | Music, guitar, singing, hiking, books, movies |
| Favorite movies | Lord of the Rings, Napoleon Dynamite, Wonder Woman |
| Favorite music | Jazz, Folk, Celtic |
| Favorite books | Lord of the Rings, Dune, Eat Pray Love |
