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What is Garza up to?

Welcome to my website! This month, we had an excellent coaching session with Peter Warhaftig from the Bay Brass -- he helped us out tremendously! We are getting ready for a short tour in Idaho! Come out to one of our free shows if you get the chance!

Matthew L. Garza, trumpet

Oregon Tour!

USAF Band

A1C Matthew L. Garza hits the road at the end of this month with Air Force Band of the Golden West!  The band will travel throughout Oregon presenting 4 exciting, free shows!!  This is Airman Garza’s first tour with the band!  Be sure to come back to this website for audio clips and photos from the road! PROGRAM Overture to Colas Breugnon (Kabalevsky/Hunsberger) March “The Gladiator” (Sousa) Quiet City (Copland/Hunsberger) March “The High School Cadets” (Sousa) Cycle of the Werewolf …

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New Website!

So, the website has been re-designed (along with my entire life!). The main focus of this site is to keep my family and friends informed of what’s going on with my life! Where I am, what I’m playing, things like that. I hope you find this site easy to navigate and full of lots of information. Enjoy!! mlg

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Biking San Francisco!

There is far too much fun to fit in a status update, so here's the note to encompass all of this “fun”.  I had so much fun playing the Fleet Week gig on Sat that I decided to come back to San Fran to experience all of it.  Plus, I have been wanting to ride my bike across the Golden Gate Bridge.  So, Sunday morning I got up super early to beat the crowds down to the city.  I decided …

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First gig.

Can I just say Wow for this one? First gig went incredibly smooth! Gotta say I loved the feeling of putting on that sweet uniform for the first time! Makes me think back to Basic Training when I wore my ABUs for the first time since having my name sewn on them. What a powerful feeling to see US Air Force and your last name staring back at you in the mirror. So, magnify that by a couple hundred and …

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  • WELCOME

    Hey there, thanks for stopping by my little website. If I am doing my job and keeping it up to date, then you can follow me on my adventures with the US Air Force!

    I am currently stationed at Travis Air Force Base, performing with the Air Force Band of the Golden West and the Travis Brass.

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