Performance Experience
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Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist presenting programs featuring popular
music from the first half of the twentieth century for audiences of
all ages at schools, libraries, historical societies, senior centers,
assisted living centers, long-term care residences and other venues
throughout New England
• Founder/leader/arranger of “Swingtime Quartet”
and 
“Swingtime
Sextet”, performing at
dances, schools, community
concerts, weddings, and other special occasions throughout New England
• Producer of “Dancing with the Duke” featuring
the music of Duke Ellington with “Swingtime Sextet” and
the “Hooked on Swing Society” for broadcast by Amherst
Community Television
• Founder of Pioneer Valley Jazz Society Big Band; arranged
original compositions, “Keeping the Faith”, for live and
televised performances
Teaching Experience
• Instructor of piano and woodwinds for students of all ages;
faculty member of Community Music School of Springfield, Northampton
Community Music School, and Deerfield Academy
• Music Instructor at Northampton Center for Children and Families,
a residential school for adolescents
• Presenter of clinics in ear training and improvisation for
secondary school instrumental ensembles
• Owner and Operator of “Our House”, a home daycare
facility featuring the arts, creative play, and outdoor adventure
• Secondary School Science Teacher, Booker T. Washington Junior
High School, Baltimore, MD
• Leader of arts-oriented church youth group, Amherst, MA
