About Me
Violin and Guitar. Classical, Jazz, Blues/Rock, Flamenco, Ethnic and other styles. Performances in Orchestras, Chamber groups, Solo recitals, Radio TV Film, Recordings.
Lute and Baroque Violin practices with Isabelle Ganz, Wayne Moss, Kenneth Goldsmith. Indian Music and Sitar with Colin Wolcott. Arabic music with Nabil Azam. Jazz Guitar/Improv. with Ralph Towner & Glen Moore.
Main violin, viola and guitar teachers include: Albert Muenzer, Lawrence Wheeler, Fredell Lack, Kenneth Goldsmith, Charles Gestantes, Dorothe Robinson, and Rubin Gonzales. Gold Medalist at The Texas Music Festival. Solo violin and Guitar on the soundtrack of the PBS Silver Screen Award winning series "Studio 8." Symphonic experiences include: The Houston Symphony Orchestra, New Orleans Symphony, Shreveport Symphony, Corpus Christi Symphony, Warner Bros. Orchestra, Laffayette Symphony, Rapides Symphony, JS Bach Society, San Antonio Symphony, Texas Opera Theater, Texas Chamber Orchestra, ensemble Green, Long Beach Ballet, Opera ala Carte, Musica Angelica, and The Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra.
Former Classical Guitar & Violin teacher at The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston Conservatory, Village Conservatory, and Houston Community College. Joined The Mantovani Orchestra's violin section in 1992. Extensive tours in Europe, the USA, Mexico, China, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Korea. Recent performances in The PRC, and the Cairo and Alexandria Opera Houses (Egypt). Solo concerts throughout Texas for three years, under the auspices of The National Arts Council and Young Audiences of Houston. Some other Solo experiences: The Texas Rennaissance Festival, Dallas Symphony, Galveston Symphony, Corpus Christi Symphony, Lyric Arts Festival, JS Bach Society, Marina del Rey Festival Orchestra, Culver City / Westchester Symphony, Texas Opera Theater, Collegium Musicum, Mantovani Orchestra, Mesto, Arioso String Quartet, International String Quartet, Four Seasons Trio...
Shakuhachi flute initiate, with studies in Nara and Tokyo.
Violin Instructor at The Los Angeles Music and Art School. Composer and Arranger
Credits include: Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman, Ray Charles, Jack Black, Johnny Depp, Patty Kim, Ben Vereen, Callista Flockhart, Steve Martin, Lucy Liu, The Moody Blues, Sharon Robinson, Gregory Hines, Lorna Luft, Keira Knightley, Marvin Hamlisch, Bob Newhart, Geoffrey Rush, Maxim Shostakovitch, Sergiu Commissiona, Christoph Eschenbach, Sidney Harth, Fredell Lack, Kenneth Goldsmith, Leonid Grin, Amram Dickramian, Nyklaus Wyss, Horacio Gutierez, Corey Cerovsek, Pavel Jarvi, The Moody Blues, Al Hirt, Everette Harp...
