Bud Caputo

Dr. Caputo is a registered Music Consultant with the Palm Beach County Public 
Schools. He is a free-lance trombonist in the south Florida area, and a former 
trombone instructor at Florida Atlantic University, in Boca Raton, He was an 
adjunct professor at Palm Beach State University, and conducted The Symphonic 
Band at Palm Beach Atlantic University during the '08-09 school year. Prior to 
this, he instructed elementary string students for the Fairfax County Public Schools 
in Northern Virginia and was former adjunct advisor in Music Education at The 
Catholic University of America, in Washington, D. C. He retired from the 
Montgomery County Public Schools in Rockville, Maryland having taught music 
at all levels and was the Coordinator for Instrumental Music for the district. 
His has numerous school music publications on file with Carl Fischer, Alfred, 
Ludwig, and FJH Music publishers. He has several self-published works listed
with the on-line music store, Sheet Music Plus 
While in Washington, D.C., he performed for Natalie Cole and a variety of artists 
and Broadway shows at the National Theater, Warner Theater, and Wolf Trap. He 
was a member of the Beethoven Pops and Washington Civic Opera Orchestras. He 
toured with Larry Elgart and the Frankie Carle orchestra and served with the U. S. 
Army Band of Ft. Meyer, VA from 1967-70. He is a regular adjudicator at concert 
and jazz band festivals throughout the state of Maryland and at major theme parks 
on the east coast. He has served as vice-president of the Maryland Chapter of the 
International Association of Jazz Educators from 1984-1995
Dr. Caputo has earned degrees from The Catholic University of America, the 
Manhattan School of Music, and the State University College, Potsdam, NY. His 
trombone studies were with Edward Herman, of the New York Philharmonic; 
Roger Smith, of the Metropolitan Opera, and John Marcellus, of the National 
Symphony Orchestra. He has studied arranging with Hank Levy, Towson State 
University, and Dr. Sandy Feldstein, past president of Carl Fisher of NY.
Contact information: Cell 301-648 2092 or email tromboneguy@comcast.ne