Wayne State University, College of Fine and Performing Arts, Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Music Education - "Cum Laude"

The University of Michigan School of Music, Bassoon Study with Lewis Cooper

University of Siena, Italy, Chamber Music and Orchestra Training

Principal bassoonist, Dearborn Symphony Orchestra.

Active freelance musician in the Detroit, Windsor, and Ann Arbor areas. Member of the Assumption Grotto Chamber Orchestra. Substitute bassoonist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Has served as principal bassoonist, Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra, the Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony, the Grosse Pointe Symphony, and many local symphonies. He has conducted professionally for the Pinckney Players, and served as an assistant conductor for the Wayne State University Symphony band, under Douglas Bianchi.