Teaching Philosophy

My Experience

Instruments: Accordion, Bass, Guitar, Keyboard

Subjects: Composition, Music Theory, Orchestration and Song Writing

I’ve been a music educator for 30+ years. My experience includes:

  • Writing, recording and touring with bands (most notably with Camper Van Beethoven, Monks of Doom, Small Birds of Sound, and as a solo children’s music artist)
  • Conducting and singing in choirs
  • Providing common core aligned instruction in public schools (grades K-8)
  • Providing Orff Schulwerk early childhood music / movement education (ages 0-5)
  • Lecturing at the college level in composition, orchestration, and music theory
  • Creating sound art and sound design for large scale theater productions
  • Engineering, producing, mixing and mastering recorded music using LogicPro