BILL HARTMAN, MA, is conductor and
director. He played trombone with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He was a professor of music and has taught jazz bands at Missouri State University for the past 30 years. He plays in the
Springfield Symphony has performed with the Les Brown Orchestra, The United States Marine Band, and is hired frequently to perform with various bands in St. Louis and Branson, Missouri
shows.
PIANO
SAXOPHONES
TROMBONES
TRUMPETS
JEFF DEL VECCHIO, PA, is a physician assistant at Mercy Springfield. He is happy to return to playing trumpet after a long hiatus from his college playing days at Southwest Missouri State University-now Missouri State University. He also enjoys playing along side his son, Jack, when he is home from college, and now Benjamin, who is completing highschool.
DRUMS
BILL HENNESSEY, MHA, has been at Mercy since 1989 and Currently serves as the Vice President of Mission. Bill begin playing the drums at age 10 and since then has never set his sticks aside! After playing drums in jazz and rock bands at Norte Dame, and in musical theatre at Army Community Theatre in Hawaii. Bill became our drummer in 1990. Bill loves the music of caduceus, the camaraderie of the group, and the ability to give back to the community through our performances.
GUITAR