Mr. Neckermann is currently a student a Western Michigan University in the Music Education Program. He has played with many ensembles at WMU including the Symphonic Band, Gold Compnay, Christmas Brass, and the University Orchestra. He currently studies with Prof. Scott Thornburg. In 2006, he performance in China with the University Symphonic Band and in 2007 was asked to performance with the International Symphony Orchestra from Blue Lake while they toured in Germany and France. He is an alumni of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute at the Tanglewood Music Center, where he studied with Terry Everson and the Synergy Brass Quintet. He has also performed with Kim Zimmer (Guiding Light) at the Barn Theatre in Augusta, MI.