Current Appointments
| Music Director/Conductor | Neponset Valley Philharmonic Orchestra | 2007-present |
| Conductor Emeritus | Parkway Concert Orchestra | 2005-present |
| Guest Conductor | Aspen Music Festival | 2001-present |
| Conductor | Old South Brass Ensemble | 1995-present |
Previous Appointments
| Guest Conductor | International Festival-Institute at Round Top (TX) | 2005-2010 |
| Guest Conductor | Performing Arts Institute | 2009 |
| Director of Orchestras | Usdan Center for the Performing Arts (NY) | 2006-2009 |
| Music Director/Conductor | Metropolitan Wind Symphony | 2003-2006 |
| Music Director/Conductor | Parkway Concert Orchestra | 2002-2005 |
| Associate Conductor | Metrowest Symphony Orchestra | 2001-2003 | Music Director/Conductor | Southeastern Massachussetts Community Concert Band | 1999-2003 |
| Conductor | Barrington Pops Orchestra (RI) | 1999-2002 |
| Music Director/Conductor | All Newton Music School Chamber Orchestra | 1998-2002 |
| Founder/Conductor | IAP Symphony Orchestra at MIT | 1995-1998 |
Guest Conducting
| Guest Conductor | Longwood Symphony Orchestra (MA) | 2011 |
| Guest Conductor | Oregon Symphony Orchestra (OR) | 2005 | Guest Conductor | Eastern Music Festival (NC) | 2005 | Guest Conductor | Fall River Symphony | 2003 |
Festivals
| Conductor | HMEA Music Festival Symphonic Band (NY) | 2010 |
| Conductor | SCMEA Division III West Orchestra (NY) | 2009 |
| Conductor | Northeastern Senior District Orchestra | 2006 |
| Conductor | Southeastern Junior District Orchestra | 2004 |
Recordings
| Conductor | Metropolitan Wind Symphony - Little Buckaroos | 2005 |
| Conductor | Old South Brass - Heroic Sounds | 2001 |
Instrumental Experience (1978-1999)
| Distinguished trombonist, teacher and coach. Retired from trombone performance in 1999. Employed by the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Grant Park Symphony, Chicago Symphony and the Empire Brass Quintet. Employed as a professor at numerous prestigious universities including MIT, Tufts University, Boston Conservatory of Music, Boston University, New England Conservatory and the University of New Hampshire. Performed in all musical mediums including Television, Radio, Commercials, and Recordings. Traveled extensively for concerts to Europe, Japan, Canada, and most of the United States. |
Education
| Degree | ||
| Northwestern University | Bachelor of Music (with honors) | 1984 |
| Principal Conducting Teachers | ||
| David Zinman | Tonhalle Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony | 2000 |
| Muray Sidlin | Oregon Symphony | 2000 |
| James Orent | Boston Pops, Exxon Fellow | 1995-1998 |
| Extended Seminars, masterclasses and additional study | ||
| Programming for Pops | Programming for Pops - ASOL conference | 2003 |
| National Conducting Institute | Auditor - National Symphony Orchestra | 2002 |
| Conductor's Guild Seminar | Participant - Puerto Rico Symphony | 2002 |
| Solfege and Harmony | Judy Ross, Longy School of Music | 2001-2003 |
| Movement | Joe Gifford, retired Boston University | 2001-2003 |
| ASOL Workshop | Auditor - Miami, FL | 2001 |
| Amer. Acad. of Cond. | Aspen, CO | 2000 |
| ASOL Workshop | Participant - Boston, MA | 1997 |
| Conductors' Institute | Univ. of Hartford -summer | 1994 |
| Tanglewood Cond. Sem. | Auditor - summer | 1993 |
| Workshop Conducting Teachers | ||
| Leonard Slatkin | ||
| Harold Farberman | ||
| Jorma Panula | ||
| Michael Tilson Thomas | ||
| Larry Rachleff | ||
| Christopher Wilkins | ||
| Daniel Lewis | ||
| Simon Rattle | ||
Competition Judging
| MICCA Festival (Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association) | 2006 |
| Pappoutsakis competition finals (Flute) | 2002 |
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