BM, Eastman; MM, Catholic University. Studied with Loren Glickman, Leonard Sharrow, K. David Van Hoesen, Arthur Weisburg. Principal bassoon, Naples Philharmonic, Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, United States Army Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica del Palacio de Mineria (Mexico City), Monadnock Music Festival, Bowdoin College Summer Music Festival (2005), West Virginia Symphonette. Former member of National Reed Trio, Laureate Quintet, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Buffalo Blaser Quintet. Soloist with Louisville Symphony Orchestra, Arlington Symphony Orchestra, Southeastern Music Center Festival Orchestra, International Festival-Institute at Round Top. Current member, Antara Wind Quintet. Faculty member, West Virginia University (1980-88), Florida State University (1988-91), Eastman (1991-). Appointed member of Dorian Wind Quintet (2006).