Graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy; holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees with the performer’s certificate from the Eastman School of Music; former member of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and The United States Coast Guard Band; has played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Lima Symphony, Nashville Chamber Orchestra, the Chautauqua Orchestra, the Skaneanteles Festival and the Society for New Music; chamber music performances with CrossSound in Alaska, the New London Contemporary Players, Chamber Music Plus, the Wall Street Chamber Players, Ying Quartet and the New World Consort; additional performances in Germany, Russia, Sweden and Japan; previously taught on the faculties of Connecticut College and Wesleyan University.