Thinking about booking me? Here’s a snapshot of my background and experience:

Performances Over 40 Years

• On four continents in eight countries including Romania, France,
Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru, and Taiwan
• On concert stages all over the world; hundreds of schools, libraries,
festivals, conferences, and private functions
• Solo and with (in no particular order): Randy Sabien, Duck for the
Oyster, Take 3, Chris Clements, We Are Us, The Java Boys, Radio
Bluegrass,The Red Cedar Symphony and Pipestone, Southshore
Bluegrass Band, and many, many other artists

Teaching Over 40 years

• Hundreds of students
• Hundreds of workshops and seminars
• Adjunct professor of Tuba at UW Barron County, WI, for many years
• On Faculty with Northwoods Strings in Hayward, WI, for many years

Recordings

• Solo CDs: A Friend You Haven’t Met, The Magic Box
• Collaboratively with:
• Duck for the Oyster – Migrations, May We Have This Dance?
• Randy Sabien – Cap a Cup of Dreams
• Chris Clemments – Yule
• Take 3 – Take 3

Creative Works

• Three Environmental Musicals produced by Theater in the Woods and Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary: Forests, Balance and Swing, and The Adventures of Al
• One Nation: A Symphonic suite for Native American Drum Group and
Orchestra – performed by Pipestone and the Red Cedar Symphony, and by Pipestone and the Minnesota Youth Symphony
• The score of the movie Grace, produced in Spooner, WI, using local actors

Awards and Grants

• The Orchestra Award from the Red Cedar Symphony
• The Intermezzo Award from The Intermezzo Club
• Wisconsin Arts Board Grant for the Production of One Nation
• Kellogg Foundation Grant for the creation and production of Balance and Swing
• NEA American Masterpieces Grant for the presentation of One Nation at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.