Aaron LaVere

Principal Trombone

At this very moment …

we might find Aaron packing his backpack in anticipation a rare free day and a day hike with his dog Annabel… or he might be rewrapping the handlebars on his bike (after adjusting the break levers).

On the CD player …

we'd find Linda Eder, Louis Prima, Take 6, Arlo Guthrie, John Denver (but don't tell anybody), "and some guy named Mahler."

In the kitchen …

we would find "the ingredients for a dry-rubbed roast duck, golden raisin polenta or black truffle, potato and parsnip risotto and, for dessert, a brick-oven cherry tart with white chocolate and mascarpone. Oh, you mean my kitchen!?!?"

On the music stand …

would be the music for any of the next Oregon Symphony concerts and a number of solos in preparation for appearances next year with the Symphony and in recital… "music from Arthur Pryor, Berio, Eric Ewazen and Christopher Rouse."

And on the nightstand …

"only the essentials: Harry Potter; Tom Clancy; and Tolkien."

Before you left …

Aaron would make sure you knew that most of the artwork adorning his home is courtesy of his talented parents… his father is an accomplished photographer and his mother is a professional artist.