formal training and awards

In reverse chronological order:

Studies with UCSD professor, Kamau Kenyatta, jazz theory and performance, San Diego, California

Winner of the Santa Fe Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition for String Quartet, awarded by American Composer in Residence, John Harbison

Full scholorship awarded for jazz composition study at
The Banff Centre of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Professors included Lee Konitz, Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, Karl Berger, and
Jimmy Giuffre

Jazz theory and stride piano studies with Jack Percival, pianist and arranger for the Harry James Orchestra, Olympia, Washington

Classical piano studies with Suzanne Szekeley from
Vienna, Austria, Cornish School of Arts, Seattle, Washington

Theory and composition with Robert Gottleib, a student of German composer and theorist, Paul Hindemuth,
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington

Country music studies with Tom Foote,
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington

Flute and music theory, Miami Dade Junior College,
Kendall, Florida

Classical piano studies with Alvina Sineps from Lithuania,
Soviet Union, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Piano lessons began at age 4 with Elinor LeMert,
St. Louis, Missouri