I am a freelance musician who teaches and performs throughout metropolitan Atlanta. I am currently a teaching artist with the Atlanta Music Project (AMP) and am affiliated with a number of middle and high schools in the area, including North Cobb High, Villa Rica High, Etowah High, Griffin Middle, Campbell Middle, Riverwatch Middle, and Ron Clark Academy. I served on the faculty at Columbus State University for two years as Artist Faculty in Tuba and Euphonium at the Joyce and Henry Schwob School of Music. Prior to my appointment at CSU, I served for ten years at Kennesaw State University and for four years on the artist faculty at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival. I have also held faculty positions at Austin Peay State University, Emory University, the University of Georgia, the University of Toledo, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Michigan All State Program at Interlochen, the University of Michigan Summer Arts Institute, and the UNC-Greensboro Summer Music Camp.

As an orchestral tubist, I have performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the Nashville Symphony. During the 1992-1993 season, I served as the acting principal tubist with the North Carolina Symphony. As a chamber musician, I have performed with the Detroit Chamber Winds, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet, and the North Carolina Symphony Brass Quintet.

I received a bachelor of music degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a master of music and specialist in music degrees from the University of Michigan. My principal tuba teachers include Fritz Kaenzig, Robert Leblanc, David Lewis, Wesley Jacobs, James Jenkins, and Michael Sanders.