Mr. Wells has been principal trombonist with the MSO since 1997. While working on his bachelor's degree at the Peabody Conservatory, he performed frequently with Pro Musica Rara and the Baltimore Symphony. Since 1993, his career has included appearances with the Janacek Festival in Munich, the Washington Opera, the Baltimore Symphony, the National Chamber Orchestra, the Harrisburg Symphony, the Kansas Brass Quintet, the Bay Street Brassworks, the Saturday Brass Quintet, and the Charlie Byrd Trio.

From 1980-1993, Mr. Wells was a member of the Annapolis Brass Quintet, America's first full-time brass quintet. The ensemble's frequent tours included Europe, the Far East, Central America, the Middle East and all fifty states of the U.S. The ensemble also has made radio recordings in most of the major European radio centers, including Brussels, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich, Berlin, and Stuttgart. As founders of the International Brass Quintet Festival, the Annapolis Brass Quintet performed with numerous acclaimed guest ensembles, including the American Brass Quintet, the New York Brass Quintet, The Oslo Brass Quintet, and Concert Arban. The quintet was instrumental in expanding the brass chamber repertoire, commissioning works that resulted in performances or recordings with artists as diverse as the Manhattan String Quartet, American String Quartet, New York Woodwind Quintet, the Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, New York City Opera mezzo-soprano Elaine Bonazzi, harpist Heidi Lehwalder, and the Charlie Byrd Trio.

In 2000, Mr. Wells performed Creston's Fantasy for solo trombone and orchestra with the Frederick Symphony. That same year he appeared as one of the MSO soloists in Martin's Concerto for Seven Winds. He has been an active educator, serving as an adjunct member of the Towson University faculty as well as Assistant Professor of Trombone at the University of Kansas. Mr. Wells is currently Assistant Professor of Trombone at Shenandoah Conservatory and is in the final stages of a doctoral degree at the University of Maryland at College Park.