He has performed and/or given presentations at the International Trumpet Guild Conference, International Horn Symposium, College Music Society and National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors national conferences, and the Texas and Tennessee Music Educators Association conventions, in addition to masterclasses and recitals throughout the United States and Europe. His pedagogical articles and music reviews are published in the ITG Journal and NACWPI Journal. He also serves on the Editorial Committee of
Trompete, the journal of the Associação Brasileira de Trompetistas.
Through his career, he has commissioned and premiered several new works for trumpet. Among them are:
Shalom, Salaam, Peace… (2010) written for two trumpets and organ,
Scatter the Darkness (2011) for trumpet and organ and
A Whisper of Angels (2012) for trumpet quartet and narrator,
2x4: Domestic Tranquility (2013) for trumpet and flugelhorn duet,
Cuando las ranas crien pelo (2014) for trumpet sextet,
Murmurations (2015) for two trumpets and electronics, and
Divertimento in Blue (2017) for jazz trumpet quintet,
The Secret Menu of El Tapatio (2018) for jazz trumpet quintet, and
Sequence Six (2019) for jazz trumpet sextet. In 2018, he released his debut album
Scatter the Darkness, which features several of these commissions, received a silver medal in the Global Music Awards, and was commended for "consistently displaying a strong musical interpretation and technical execution of Friedman's works." (ITG) His own compositions and arrangements have been published through
Brass Arts Unlimited,
Cimarron Music, and
Triplo Press. Additional recording credits include principal trumpet with the Memphis Repertory Orchestra on their recordings
Dvorak & Tchaikovsky and
Voyagers, and as lead trumpet on the Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra recording
Voices.