I currently play guitar and help direct my church's worship team. I am very involved in contemporary music eduction methods which makes music fun, accessible and relevant to all ages.

   I play and teach music. The guitar just happens to be the particular instrument I choose.  The guitar can sound like a wolf howling in the wilderness, or an orchestra in miniature.  Music as a language, discipline, and art, is the goal.  As an artist, I’m active as a performer, teacher, composer, and researcher.  Withstanding a few significant interruptions, I have been studying music since I was fifteen years old.  Since my mid-twenties income has come exclusively through music; teaching students, performing as a guitarist (classical, jazz, and popular styles), enjoying occasional arranging, composing and other creative opportunities.  I’ve always been interested in different styles.  I had such a strong desire to learn that I sought out some of the better known teachers in the field.  During my senior undergraduate year I flew from Buffalo to Boston every other month to study.  When I lived in Tucson, I flew to Los Angeles every other month.  I finally found my first great teacher relatively late (late twenties) with Ted Greene, and after him, Ricardo Iznaola.