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Bill Hicks is a professional trumpet player who has entertained crowds from coast to coast for the last 40 years. From 1976-79, he was the lead trumpeter for the Harry James Orchestra. He toured the country with the James band and appeared on national TV shows, such as John Denver and Friend and the Merv Griffin Show. He has performed with a host of Big Bands ranging from Bob Crosby to Lee Castle and the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.

From 1990 – 2010 Bill was the leader of Big Band Nostalgia which performed throughout the Central Pennsylvania region at locations such as The Hotel Hershey, Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Nissley Vineyards and the Hershey Country Club. Bill was a member of the American Music Theatre Orchestra in Lancaster, Pa. from 1997 through 2008.

His trumpet has backed up artists ranging from the Temptations, Four Tops, Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Bobby Vinton, Johnny Mathis, Helen Reddy, Engelbert, Rita Moreno, Mills Brothers, Bob Hope, Peggy Lee  and Frank Sinatra. He can also be found performing in the pit orchestra at the Hershey Theatre for the touring Broadway shows.

Bill Hicks offers private trumpet lessons from his studio near Denver, Pennsylvania.