Teaching Experience Over 4 decades of private practice

15 years as Dean of the Conservatory
15 years as Chair of the Conservatory’s jazz department
Coordinated the Conservatory’s Arts in Education Department, 1988-‘90

33 years on the brass faculty of the Conservatory
Directed Conservatory’s community big band and small jazz ensembles
Led workshops in various Westchester public schools
Lecture series and performance workshops on the history of jazz in public schools and at the Sunnyside Jazz Festival from 1997-2004
Coordinated the Conservatory’s entertainment bureau
Mercy College adjunct instructor
Trumpet instructor, Rye Country Day School

Education

Manhattan School of Music
BA Lehman College (graduated Summa cum laude)
MA State University at Albany (Masters in Russian Language and Literature)
Moscow State University (one semester as part of SUNY Albany’s Masters Program doing research on Soviet jazz musicians)

Major Teachers

Early trumpet studies, Joe Shepley
Classical trumpet studies, Mel Broiles (principal, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Jazz improvisation, Sal Mosca (internationally renowned jazz artist and teacher)

Playing Experience

Founding Member of the Tristan Jazz Quartet (Current CD: Notes From the Underground on Zinnia Records)
Founding Member of the Soundview Brass Quintet
Led groups on hundreds of jazz engagements, big band, brass quintet performances, weddings, parties, corporate events
Have performed at jazz festivals, concerts, and in clubs in Westchester, NY, New York City, Belgium, Holland, Russia, and Japan

Performed with: Sal Mosca, Warne Marsh, Lee Konitz, Ted Brown, Jimmy Halperin, Chuck Wayne, Carmen Leggio, Tal Farlow, Jimmy Hill, Bill Crow, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Ralph LaLama, Alex McCabe, among many others.