Bruce Penticoff

After three years at Florida State University, Bruce Penticoff enlisted in the Air Force, where he served one term as a trumpeter and arranger. During a break in service, he completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Florida Atlantic University and taught high school in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, where he also arranged for the marching and jazz bands. In 1982, Bruce re-entered the Air Force, taking the position of Arranger with the Military Airlift Command Band, during which time he also completed a Master’s in Music Education from the University of Miami (FL). In 1992, he transferred to the Command Band of the Air Force Reserve, from which he retired in 1998.

While an Air Force composer/arranger, Bruce worked with artists such as Gary Morris, B. J. Thomas, The Lettermen and Crystal Gayle, and his works have been featured on more than twenty Air Force recordings distributed world-wide. Arrangements/compositions have been commended by President Ronald Reagan, the Commission on the Bicentennial of the U. S.
Constitution (“A Work of Exceptional Merit With National Significance”) and General Norman Schwartzkopf (Commander-In-Chief, Allied Forces, first Gulf War), and two works of note are archived in the Yale University Library.

Bruce lives in Cape Canaveral, Florida with his wife, Suzie.