EDUCATION        
Master of Music, State University of New York at Stony Brook,
    with Bernard Greenhouse,  May 1984
Bachelor of Music, Chicago Musical College, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, Jan.1979
Master Classes: Janos Starker, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Timothy Eddy, Julius Levine,
    Leslie Parnas, Gilbert Kalish, The Kronos Quartet
Teaching Certificate, Music K-12, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Dec. 1990
Suzuki Teacher Training Certificates, Cello 1A and 1B, June 1985

CHAMBER MUSIC      
The String  Orchestra of the Rockies, Missoula, MT, 1986 - present
The Aeneas Quartet, Glacier Orchestra and Chorale, Kalispell, MT, 1999 - present
The Cascade Ouartet, Great Falls Symphony Association,Great Falls, MT, 1986-1988
North Shore Pro Musica, East Setauket, NY, 1984
Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players, Stony Brook, NY, 1982-1984
Stony Brook String Trio, Stony Brook, NY, 1982-1984
Chicago String Ensemble, Chicago, IL, 1979-1981

TEACHING      
Orchestra & music teacher, Missoula County Public Schools,
 Grades 5-8,   Missoula, MT, 1991 - 1997
Cello and creative music skills teacher, private studio, 1984 - present
Teacher/Performer, Young Audiences of Montana, Great Falls, MT, 1986-1988
Cello Teacher, Billings Music Institute, Billings, MT, 1989 - 1992
Cello and Ear-training Teacher: Conservatory of the Caracas Philharmonic,
    Caracas, Venezuela, 1981-1982;
Eastern Suffolk School of Music,  Riverhead, NY, 1984

COMPOSING AND RECORDING        
Composed “Autumn Leaves”,  recorded by the String Orchestra of the Rockies
in 2001 on the CD “Beneath A Northern Sky”
Claudia Schmidt - “Midwestern Heart”
John Floridis - “This Year” and “Part of the Picture”
Earth Passage Music - “Glacier Journey”, “White Cloud, Big Sky”, “Quiet Paths”,
    “From Montana to the Sea”, Fragile Beauty”
Laurie Rasmussen - “The Dawning of the Day”
Wilson and McKee - “Strung Tight and Played Loose”, “Passed by Here”
Brian Kopper - “In Absolute Motion”
Maggie Carey -  “Shadows over Sun River Valley”, KUFM TV production
Jim Stoltz - “The Vision”
Amy Martin - “To You”
Judy Fjell - “Bird Return”
Jack Gladstone - “Tappin’ The Earth’s Backbone”