Rob Desgres - Guitar

Joined Brass Attack in October 96

EDUCATION:

• B.M. Berklee College of Music, Professional Music (studied with Jon Damian, Rick Peckham and Jim Kelly).
• Westfield State College, Music Education.
• UMass - Currently completing a M.Mus. Ed.

CURRENT DAY GIG:

General Music teacher and Choral director at West Springfield Middle School
Guitar instructor at Gerry's Music Shop, South Hadley, MA

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Currently plays guitar and sings with the blues rock band "Flashback". Played with the rock band "Dim" where he opened for such acts as: Ben Orr, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Dukes, John Cafferty, Hank, The Sighs, The Ray Mason Band and Amy Fairchild. Performed with various rock and jazz groups.

Composed and performed music for the documentaries "A Tree Grows in Springfield" and "Beyond Affliction: The Disability Project" along with the McGraw-Hill interactive text book " Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers: A Curriculum of Respectful, Responsive Care and Education."

Currently lives in South Hadley with his wife Gretchen and daughter Kiera.