MUCS James M. Ruffaner, Jr.

Principal trumpet instrumentalist of the United States Navy Band.

B.M., Shenandoah Conservatory. Studied with Harry Ed Cooper and Langston Fitzgerald. Performed at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Va. Soloist with the United States Navy Band.

Listen to a 2006 recording of MUCS (Ret.) C. Bryan Kidd's "Turning Point" featuring MUCS James M. Ruffaner, Jr. from the online album Sail Loft Sounds, under the baton of Captain Ralph M. Gambone.