D.M.A.  Stony Brook University

M.M.  Yale University

B.M. UW-Madison

I currently teach at West Valley College in Saratoga.  I have adjudicated various competitions and clinics in N. California and have performed with Milwaukee Symphony, Madison Symphony Orchestra, New Haven Symphony, Modesto Symphony, Fresno Symphony, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, and I Musici de Montreal.  I have studied chamber music with Pro Arte and Tokyo String Quartets, and have performed with members of Emerson String Quartet.  As a student I received fellowships at Banff, Orford, Musicorda, Spoleto, and Norfolk festivals.  My major mentors were Uri Vardi, Janos Starker, Aldo Parisot and Colin Carr.