John MacFerran Wilds
Trumpet


Hometown:
Seattle, WA

Age when you began playing your instrument?
age 9

Year joined SDSO:
1988

What other orchestras have you been a member of?
New Mexico Symphony
Mississippi Symphony

Education:
Central Washington University
Indiana University School of Music

Area music affiliations:
San Diego Opera, Principal Trumpet
San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Principal Trumpet
Instructor of Trumpet, San Diego State University,
University of San Diego, Point Loma Nazarene University,
Rancho Bernardo High School

Other instruments you play?
The great highland bagpipes

Hobbies:
cooking, architecture, bicycle touring
and repair, travel

John and his wife Janis met in high school band,
have been married 19 years and have a beautiful,
intelligent, and athletic daughter named Flora.
Flora was born on July 4th 1993, and has conducted
the San Diego Symphony.


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