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Education
D.A. in Composition
New York University
Composition with Tom Boras
M.A. in Composition
New York University
Composition with Paul Alan Levi
B.M. in Composition
Youngstown State University
Piano with Roman Rudnitsky, Robert Hopkins and Harold
Danko
Composition with Mark Walker and Aldolphus Hailstork
Professional Positions
Hofstra University: 1984-Present
Professor of Music
Hofstra University: 1997-2003
Associate Chair, Music Department
Manhattan School
of Music: 1982-Present
Jazz Piano, Composition and Arranging
Friends Of The
Arts: 1995-2006
Jazz education program faculty member
Carnegie Hall:
1995-2002
JazzEd - Jazz education program faculty member
New York University:
1983-85
Jazz Improvisation, Composition and Arranging
Selected Performances
Performed and recorded
with Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Stan
Getz and numerous other jazz artists.
Performance at the JVC
Jazz Festival with Anita O'Day at Town Hall and Carnegie
Recital Hall with Cecil Bridgewater.
Performance with the
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra for National Public Radio.
Featured guest on Marion
McPartland's nationally syndicated Piano
Jazz series.
Arranged for such artists
as Buddy Rich, Mel Lewis, Woody Herman and the off-broadway
musical, Satchmo.
Premiered compositions
in New York include: Sonata-4-Saxes (Long Island
Saxophone Quartet), Sound Government (Wind Ensemble),
and Variations On A Theme Of T.S. Monk (solo
piano).
Composition Grants
Society of Composers, Meet-the-Composers,
New York State Council of the Arts and several American
universities.
Selected Discography
(click the links for audio examples)
La Fiesta (w/ Woody Herman, Joe
Lovano)
The
Concord Years (w/ Woody Herman)
Live
at the Concord Jazz Festival (w/Woody Herman,
Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz)
Chick, Donald,
Walter and Woodrow (w/Woody Herman, Marc Johnson)
The
Tides of Time (w/Roland Vazquez, Mike Stern,
Anthony Jackson)
Inside
(w/Marion Cowings, Bobby Watson, Harvie Swartz)
The Licorice Factory
(w/Perry Robinson, Walter Perkins)
Post
No Bills (w/ Joe Ascione, Tim Givens, Jerry
Weldon, Ron Affif)
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