BIOGRAPHY
Bruce began private study at age 11 with many well-known trumpet teachers in the Wilmington area. While in high school he studied music theory and attended the Wilmington Music School's Jazz Workshops, where he studied with jazz greats Herbie Hancock and Donald Byrd. He toured Europe in 1972 with the American Youth Jazz Band and won trumpet soloist award at the Paris Jazz Festival. In 1973 he was selected for Delaware All-State Band. Bruce attended West Chester University as a music major and performed with the West Chester University Jazz Band. He has played professionally since he was 16 with numerous groups including Patchwork, Airport Road, JazzTech, Cloud 9, and Red Hot and blue. In addition, he has also played with many of the big bands that tour the area and performed for many theater productions, such as Guys and Dolls, Hello Dolly, Annie Get Your Gun, Camelot, and Chicago.
Bruce is also a composer and has to his credit a television documentary soundtrack, Cartoons Go To War, which was produced by Teleduction, Inc. and nationally broadcast August 31, 1995 on the Arts and Entertainment Network. He composed the musical score for the feature length film comedy, Karroke Knights, which was produced in the spring of 1994 by Teleduction Servian Films. He also composed the opening title music for the Delaware Nature Center movie documentary, "The Power of Water"
Bruce served on the staff of the Wilmington Music School during the 1997-98 school as the instructor for the course, Understand Midi and the use of Computers in Music.