New Horizons Band

Dallas, Texas

Frank Bray

Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Dallas, Texas

Personal Music History
In Lubbock, TX.,  I played cornet 3 years at J.T. Hutchinson Jr. High and 3 years in the Monterey Sr. High Band.  I played trumpet one year in high school orchestra as well, and played in the Texas All-State Band and Orchestra in 1957 and 1958.  I played 4 years at Texas Tech University in the "Goin' Band from Raiderland", as well as in the ROTC Band.  I put my horns away in 1962 after graduation, until I joined New Horizons in Feb. 2005.

New Horizons Band
Why I joined New Horizons Band? When I retired, one of my goals was to learn to play trumpet again.  I sounded so bad when I tried to play, I felt it was useless. Besides, I did not have a group to look forward to playing with.

A good friend told me about the band, and I decided to give it a try. The New Horizons Band gives me the opportunity to play music with a group of my peers that don't seem to mind the squeaks and missed notes as I am trying to get the ol' lip back in shape and the fingers limbered up. This is the incentive to get me to practice again.