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  1. Wallace Roney was the son of Wallace Roney, U.S. Marshal and President of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 102, grandson of Philadelphia musician Roosevelt Sherman, and older brother of tenor and soprano saxophonist Antoine Roney. [4]

  2. Dec 12, 1987 · His parents separated when he was 7, leaving Wallace, his brother Antoine (now a tenor saxophonist playing with drummer Elvin Jones) and his sister Crystal under the care of their grandparents.

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  3. May 1, 2020 · A prodigy, Roney became the youngest member of the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble at age 12 until his parents divorced and the young teen trumpeter went to live with his father in Washington, D.C., where he immediately enrolled in the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, a top high school for promising talent.

  4. Mar 31, 2020 · By his teens, Roney's family was based in Washington, D.C., where he attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, before earning degrees from Howard University and the Berklee College of...

  5. Wallace Roney III was born on May 25, 1960, in Philadelphia, to Roberta Sherman, a homemaker, and Wallace Roney Jr., a U.S. Marshal and vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees. His parents divorced when he was young, and he lived for a time with his grandmother, Rosezell Roney.

  6. Wallace Roney is from Philadelphia, PA, born May 25, 1960. He began his musical studies at the age of five, learning rhythmic dictation and sight-reading. He began playing the trumpet at age six. He was identified as a prodigy and was awarded a scholarship to the Settlement School of Music at the age of seven.

  7. Sep 15, 2020 · A prodigy, Roney became the youngest member of the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble at age 12 until his parents divorced and the young teen trumpeter went to live with his father in Washington, D.C. where he immediately enrolled in the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, a top high school for promising talent.

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