Education
| Associate Arts Degree: | Olympic College Bremerton, Washington |
1969 |
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| Bachelor of Music Degree: | Northwestern University Evanston, IL |
1971 |
| Studied Privately with: | James Harnett of the Seattle Symphony | 1966-69 |
| Warren Benfield of the Chicago Symphony | 1969-71 | |
| Joe Guastafeste of the Chicago Symphony | 1971-75 |
Professional Activities/Education
| Member, Board of Directors, Chamber Music America | 2007- |
| Consultant, Jazz Band Classic The NY Youth Jazz Orchestra |
2002 – |
| Panelist, ASCAP Foundation Young Composer Awards | 2005- |
| Director, Jazz Studies & Performance Degree Program William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey |
1980-99 |
| Director, New Jersey Performing Arts Center Jazz For Teens Program |
1998-99 |
| Director, Rufus Reid Residency Project Rosa Parks Fine Arts High School, Paterson, NJ |
1986-89 |
| Director, Rufus Reid Residency Project Eastside High School, Paterson, NJ |
1985-86 |
| Essentially Ellington, Jazz At Lincoln Center | 2003 |
| The Carnegie Hall Workshop for Jazz Ensembles | 2003-4 |
| Richard Davis Foundation for Young Bassists, Madison, WI | 1998-01,03,04 |
| The Lake Placid Seminars | 1998-02 |
| Educator, Ravinia’s Stean’s Institute for Young Artists | 2000-2011 |
| Educator, Stanford Jazz Workshop | 2002 |
| Boston Bass Bash | 2003,04,05 |
| Brubeck Institute | 2004 |
| Bass Encounters – Vienna | 2005 |
| Rufus Reid Residency, Golden Gate Bass Camp, San Francisco | 1999, 01 |
| Educator, Summer Bass Workshop/George Vance in cooperation with Institut International François Rabbath & U. of Maryland |
2002,03 |
| Member, Board of Trustees International Foundation for Jazz |
1986- |
| Director, Young Talent Award, International Association of Jazz | 1988-94 |
| Panelist, National Foundation for the Arts Chairman |
1983-86 1986 |
| Teacher, Artist Teacher’s Institute Jazz Theory and Improvisation Workshops New Jersey Council On The Arts |
1986 |
| Guest Clinician/Performer International Society of Bassists Convention Organized Jazz Talent for NYC Convention |
1981– (continuing) 1990 |
| Board of Directors, International Society of Bassists | 1989-93 |
| Artist-In-Residence, Banff Center for the Performing Arts | 1990 |
| Director, Estoril Jazz School, Portugal | 1990,2002 |
| Bass Workshops & Clinics, Tubingen, Germany | 1985-6 |
| Bass Workshops & Clinics, London, England | 1985,1990, 96-7 |
| Interlaken Jazz Workshop, Interlaken, Switzerland | 1994,96,99,03 |
| Faculty, Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Clinics | 1972-91, 1997-2011 |
| Jamey Aebersold Clinic in Australia | 1981 |