John Herbert Molloy is a trumpet player and brass instructor currently residing in Little Egg Harbor, NJ. John is 31 years old, and he has been playing trumpet since the age of 9.
In 1998 he joined The Sunrisers as a lead soprano player at the age of 15. He just recently marched lead trumpet with the 2013 Bushwackers. Between those two experiences John has also marched and performed with The Lambertville Volunteers, The Cadets (2001, 2002, 2003), The Reading Buccaneers (2008, 2009), and The Hawthorne Caballeros (2005, 2006) all on lead trumpet or soprano bugle. In 1999 he was named “Sunriser of The Year”. He had the pleasure of being taught by Rich Guillen, Gino Cipriani, Dennis Argul, Durand Thomas, Gordon Henderson, Wayne Dillon, Minesh Shah, Mike Britcher, Matt Harloff, and Dean Westman.
In 2005 John was the trumpet brass tech for the Santa Clara Vanguard, and he was just recently a brass tech for the 2013 Bushwackers. His drum corps teaching experience in between has been with The Reading Buccaneers (2008, 2009, 2010), The Cadets (2008-2012), The Cadets 2 (2012), and The Oregon Crusaders (2012, 2013) all as a trumpet technician or brass instructor. He has had the pleasure of teaching under Gordon Henderson, Mike Britcher, Gino Cipriani, Travis Moddison, Bryan Thomas, and Key Poulan.
Outside of drum corps John just moved back to NJ from Seattle where he was a manager an Amazon warehouse and performing at Tula’s Jazz Club once a month with The Bellevue College Big Band for a year. He is a 2010 graduate of Montclair State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance. There he studied with Dr. Mary Ann Craig, Donald Bachelder, Chuck Bumcrot, Paul Hostetter, Jeffrey Scott, Anthony Scott, Dr. Jeffrey Kunkel, Tony Mazzocchi, Tony Kadleck, and Bill Moring. John was Montclair’s lead trumpet player for the jazz big band for 12 straight semesters and he was selected 4 years in a row to be the lead trumpet player for the NJ Intercollegiate Jazz Band.
Outside of college and drum corps John has taught hundreds of private brass lessons in the states of NJ, DE, and WA for tuba, trumpet, baritone, and trombone. He was also brass caption head for Montville High School’s marching band from 2006 until 20ll, and he was bras caption head for Smyrna High School in Smyrna DE from 2010-2012. John has played over 1,000 professional gigs on trumpet on the east and west coasts with Reggae Bands, Soul Bands, Wedding Bands, Jazz Big Bands, Italian Festival Bands, Brass Quintets, and Jazz/Funk Combo groups.
John is grateful to accept the role Brass Caption Head at The Bushwackers in 2013. “Having marched in this corps in 2000, and having just now had the chance to work with the talented members and staff for the last 8 weeks of 2013….. I am excited at this new opportunity for the drum corps. I believe in inspiration and motivation for both staff and members. I also believe that this drum corps has many great years to come in the near future. The 2014 Bushwacker journey begins now, and it continues on Sunday November 24th 2013 with Bushwackers’ Open House!”