Educator
| | Associate Professor of Music at Prince George's Community College, Fall 2003 to present.
Teach music theory, history, performance, and direct a jazz ensemble. Also charged with creating a Music Technology certificate program. |
| | Adjunct Jazz Piano Instructor at Peabody Preperatory, Fall 2006 to present.
Teach piano, jazz theory, and improvisational concepts to college-bound musicians. |
| | Adjunct Music Instructor at Prince George's Community College, Spring 2001 through Spring 2003.
Instructed music theory and jazz history courses, and directed an instrumental jazz ensemble. |
| | Musical Director of the Odyssey Theatre project of the Providence Center, 1998. Program taught improvisational concepts to mentally and physically disabled students, and culminated in a full theatrical production. |
| | Musical Director at The Second City Training Center in Santa Monica California, 1989-90. Played piano for theatre classes, and taught musical concepts to students of improvisational theatre. |
Composer and Sound Designer
| | Señor Galindez by Eduardo Pavlosky at Teatro Nacional in Havana, Cuba, 2001. |
| | Tiger on the Right/Dragon on the Left with Jude Narita at Jubilee Hall in Singapore, 1995. |
| | Potestad by Eduardo Pavlovsky with Jean-Louis Trinignant at the Las Palmas Theatre in Hollywood, 1993.
and with Joe Spano at Stages Theatre Center in Hollywood, 1994. |
| | Celimene et le Cardinal by Jacques Rampal at the Theatre Francais de Vienne in Vienna, Austria, 1993. |
| | La Bete by David Hirson at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood, 1993. |
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Resident Composer at Stages Theatre in Hollywood, California, 1991 - 1997. Provided original music and sound designs for theatrical productions, and maintained theatre's audio facilities. |
| | Film, Video, and Television |
| | Aesop's Shop - Composed incidental music and arranged original songs by Cy Young for this series of half-hour episodes for children based on the classic Aesop's Fables, 1998 - 1999. |
| | The Legend of Ultraman - Arranged and produced title song and incidental music for the re-release of the Japanese superhero television series, 1996. |
| | Composed music for numerous industrial films in Los Angeles, from 1989 to 1997, for clients that included:
- Evolution Film and Video
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Singapore Repertory Theatre
- Stages Theatre Center
- Autonomy, Inc.
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Performing Musician
| | Musical Director at The Second City in Santa Monica, California, 1989-90. Composed and improvised musical scores for theatrical scenes using acoustic piano and synthesizers. Performed on the mainstage with such comedic actors as Robin Williams, Dan Akroyd, Jim Belushi, Ryan Stiles, Dan Castellaneta, Avery Shriver, Mina Kolb, and many others. |
| | Improvisational Pianist at Up Front Comedy in Santa Monica, California 1991-96. Improvised music for theatrical scenes and played improv theatre games with hundreds of actors ranging from beginning workshop students to veterans of The Second City, Groundlings, and Saturday Night Live. |
| | Pianist from 1981 to present, performing as soloist, and with numerous jazz and popular music artists including Eva Cassidy, the Shirelles, Little Anthony, the Rivingtons, and Michael Henderson. |
Education
| | Master of Music in Jazz Piano, University of Maryland, College Park, 2004. |
| | Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition, University of Maryland, College Park, 1987. |
Other Interests
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