Deft technician with understated command and fluid imagination. Mike is an accomplished and respected musician in classical and jazz genres, who started trumpet at 6 yrs, made his first professional career steps less than five years later, has since shared the stage with Maynard Ferguson, Slide Hampton, Phil Nimmons, Pat LaBarbara, Tommy Banks, Hugh Fraser, Chucho Valdes, Kenny Wheeler and Ian McDougall.

Plays with VEJI, Vancouver's Orquesta Goma Dura, and his own symphonic pops show "The Trumpet Shall Sound" covering 300 years of trumpet music.
Also in demand on bass and trombone. Teacher at Courtenay's Instrumental and Jazz summer programs in Courtenay, trumpet clinician for Banff Jazz Orchestra Workshop, holds masterclasses and clinics at universities, colleges, and schools across Canada. Full story on his web-site.