Seaside Series: Thomas Gotwals
August 6 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
What Is a Trumpet?
Thomas Gotwals will present What Is a Trumpet?, a talk on the history of the trumpet, followed by live music performed with Frank Gotwals and Renee Sewall, two local musical colleagues.
Thomas Gotwals was born in Northampton, MA and grew up between there and Oceanville, where his great grandfather was born and brought up. He attended Oberlin College & Conservatory in Oberlin, Ohio where he earned bachelor degrees in trumpet playing and classical Greek literature. He also has a masters degree from the Yale School of Music in New Haven, CT.
After teaching music in various independent schools in CT, RI, NY, and Sydney, Australia over the course of 40 years, Thomas moved to Oceanville in 2023 where he lives with his wife and two cats. He has continued to play the trumpet over the years in various rock bands, jazz bands, brass ensembles, chamber orchestras, and churches and currently performs with several bands in the area.
The rain venue for all Seaside Series programs is SPL, 64 Main Street.