John Entzi - Trumpet
Dr. John Entzi is former Director of Concert Bands and Jazz Ensembles at North Carolina State University. Dr. Entzi received the B.M.E. degree (1974) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the M.A. (1978) from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, and the D.M.A. (1998) in trumpet performance from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.John has toured and performed extensively throughout the Southeast, where he performed with Holiday on Ice, Disney on Parade, The Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus, The Henry Busse Orchestra, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Guy Lombardo, Vaughn Monroe, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Atlantic Jazz Orchestra, When Swing Was King, Nelson Riddle Orchestra, and the U.S. Air Jazz Orchestra.
He has also performed with such notables as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Nancy Wilson, The Four Tops, The Spinners, The Temptations, Anita Bryant, Martha Raye, Bernadette Peters, Johnnie Ray, and Gladys Knight and the Pips. He has also performed with the Saint Joseph Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony, the Miller Piedmont Symphony, the Greensboro Symphony, and the South Carolina Philharmonic and is a charter member of the Charlotte Repertory Orchestra.
John Entzi is an active member of the National Band Association, the International Association of Jazz Educators, Music Educators National Conference, International Trumpet Guild, and the College Band Directors National Conference. He is also a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and the Kappa Kappa Psi Band Fraternity.
John was the original director of the Raleigh Jazz Orchestra, and we are proud to have him providing his great trumpet expertise to Swing Street.
SWING STREET...
Central Carolina's Premier
9-Piece Swing Band
Central Carolina's Premier
9-Piece Swing Band