My musical journey started at an early age.  Enjoying records with mom & dad, playing piano with grandma, and hearing grandpa play fiddle.  Public school music programs supported my music with a nurturing space to explore woodwinds, keyboard, and guitar.  Colleges helped me hone my skills into a Master's degree in Jazz Studies and Improvised music.  Years of performing diverse genres of music on multiple instruments for many different audiences has made me melodically fluent, rhythmically accurate, and artistically interesting.   Arriving in the Pacific Northwest in the 90s, I became immersed in a rich community spirit filled with music, creativity, and empowerment.  It is an honor to play with some of the world's finest musicians. 

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I keep a busy teaching and performing schedule in the Pacific Northwest.  My current music projects include:  the all-improv Seattle collective How Now Brown Cow.   Reggae/rock/jamband band High Ceiling, and serving as Professor of Music at South Puget Sound College.

 

My work is featured on several albums, including:

• How Now Brown Cow' "Don't Drink the Milk, It's Spoiled"

• High Ceiling' "Easy"

• Adam Snyder' "Hum & Hiss"

• Lavon Hadison' Come Together"

• Kosta Lois' "In Many Ways"

• Daven Tillinghast "21st Century song book"

• Jenny Jenkins's "Oventoucher"

 

 

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 I've been able to sharpened my multi-instrumental skills working with  Harlequin Productions house band for several years. I have performed in many shows and musical reviews including, Sixties Chicks, Summer in the 60s, 70s Summer Session Roots of Rock, Startdust, and the musicals Jesus Christ Superstar, Little Shop of Horrors and A Christmas survivors guide.

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I also work closely with Open Road Productions as band leader and musician.  Open Road Productions is an Olympia, Washington based production company, dedicated to production and marketing of original theatrical and audio drama works.

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An active performer and music educator in the Olympia/Tumwater community, I currently serve as Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies for South Puget Sound Community College, clinician and guest artist for K-12 regional schools and am a jazz director and lecturer at Saint Martin's University. 

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