Bio

Performance

  • Florida Symphony Orchestra (2nd Clarinet)

  • Walt Disney World Band (2nd Clarinet, Tenor Sax, Flute)

  • Florida Sunshine Pops Orchestra (Principal Clarinet)

  • 214th Army Band, Atlanta GA (Concert Band Principal Clarinet, Stage Band Tenor Sax, Woodwind Quintet, Dixieland Band, Arranger)

  • Armed Forces School of Music (Faculty Concert Band Principal Clarinet, Faculty Stage Band Baritone Sax)

  • Virginia Beach Pops (Bass Clarinet, Arranger)

  • West Point Concert Band (Clarinet, Alto and Bass Clarinet, Baritone Sax, doubles included Flute, Contra-Alto and Contra-Bass Clarinet, Alto and Tenor Sax, Bass Saxophone, Solo Tenor Voice, Featured Soloist and Arranger)

  • West Point Saxophone Quartet (Tenor and Baritone Saxophone, Arranger)

  • West Point Jazz Knights (Lead Alto Sax, Lead Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, doubles included Piccolo, Flute, Soprano Sax, Bass Clarinet, Contra-Alto Clarinet, Featured Soloist and Arranger)

  • New Jersey Wind Symphony (Principal 2nd Clarinet, Alto and Bass Clarinet)

  • Westchester Symphonic Winds (Bass Clarinet, Bb Clarinet, Baritone Sax)

  • Hudson Valley Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Bass Clarinet)

  • Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra (Bass Clarinet)

  • New York Swing Exchange (Baritone Sax, Arranger)

  • New Jersey Wind Symphony Flutes (C Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Flute, Arranger)

  • Blackwood Clarinet Quartet (Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Arranger)

  • Woodstock Symphony Orchestra (Bass Clarinet)


Instruction

Experience at all levels of clarinet and saxophone instruction.

  • Clarinet Instructor, Bandwagon Music Center, Orlando, FL

  • Clarinet Instructor, Orlando School of Music, Orlando, FL

  • Senior Clarinet/Saxophone Instructor, Armed Forces School of Music, Norfolk, VA

  • Clarinet Instructor, Hornbeck's Music Shop, Hampton, VA

  • Clarinet Instructor, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY

  • Woodwind Coach, Southern Hudson Valley Youth Symphony, Orange County, NY

  • Instructor, Jacobs Music Center, Highland, NY



Teachers and Mentors

  • John Spicknall (Peabody Conservatory of Music, University of Maryland, Indiana State University)

  • James Hill (Peabody Conservatory of Music, US Army Band)

  • Gordon O'Hara (Florida Symphony Orchestra, Bass Clarinet)

  • Peter Harris (Florida Symphony Orchestra, Principal Clarinet)

  • Louis Bartolone (West Point Concert Band, Principal Clarinet)

  • Vaclav Nelhybel (Composition and Orchestration)