Background
Purtle, Jeffery Allan was born on December 29, 1967 in Bakersfield, California, United States. Son of Mason Howard and Gertrude Mary Purtle.
Purtle, Jeffery Allan was born on December 29, 1967 in Bakersfield, California, United States. Son of Mason Howard and Gertrude Mary Purtle.
Bachelor of Music, California State University, Northridge, 1996. Studied with Claude Gordon, 1984—1994.
Private practice, Los Angeles, 1986—1997, Greenville, South Carolina, since 1997. Owner First Call Entertainment, since 1997. Professor trumpet Clemson University, 1998—2003, Anderson University, since 2006.
Brass coach, personnel manager Greenville County Youth Orchestra, since 1998. Owner purtle.com.
Member of International Horn Society, International Tuba Euphonium, International Trombone Association, International Trumpet Guild, Music Teacher National Association, South Carolina Association Christian Schools, South Carolina Band Directors Association, Presbyterian Church of America, American Radio Relay League.
Married Mary AllyeB Gresham, October 17, 1998.