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About

I was born and raised in Indiana. I began taking piano lessons in third grade, then saxophone lessons in 6th grade and clarinet and flute lessons in high school. While in high school, along with concert, jazz, and marching band, I taught sax and clarinet lessons, and formed my own dance band. My senior year I won the Kokomo Symphony Concerto competition and performed with the Kokomo Symphony Orchestra.

From 1982-86 I attended the prestigious Indiana University School of Music, graduating in 1986 with a Bachelors of Music in Woodwind Studies. While there, as well as continuing study of sax, flute, and clarinet, I also learned to play and studied the oboe and bassoon. I was very fortunate to be able to spend 4 years studying privately with world renown classical saxophonist Dr. Eugene Rousseau. A few other saxophone teachers I had the opportunity to study with while at IU include:



Daniel Deffayet
Larry Teal
Jean Lansing
Dr. Kenneth Fisher
Thomas Liley
Michael Jacobson
Fumiyoshi Miyazawa


I was also able to study privately with, and spend 3 years in the big band of esteemed jazz educator David Baker.

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I continue to play professionally, recently,  performing and touring with Andy Williams in Branson, MO,


Starting in Jan. of 2003, I spent a little over a year apprenticing and performing woodwind instrument repair at Musician's Repair and Sales in Indianapolis, IN. While in Indianapolis I was able to spend time learning instrument repair with master repair technician Ning Pan. After moving back to Branson, MO in 2004, while playing shows at night, I spent time adding to my repair knowledge through study on my own, and frequent trips to The Woodwind Corner to watch and learn from Mike and Joel Lomax.

I currently reside in Avon, IN, (a suburb of Indianapolis), playing, teaching, and doing repair work.