I began playing trombone at age 11. I started writing music at age 16 though I had pretensions from age 5. I haven't stopped since. Over the years, my main efforts have gone into original music projects - both my own and others. My interests are extremely wide ranging (see influences).
I've had some great teachers over the years. Some were at the schools I attended (University of Louisville School of Music and Berklee College of Music). Some were outside of schools. Some are colleagues. Some were great musicians who I never met but I totally immersed myself in their music.
I now devote my time to playing, writing, and teaching. I perform with a number of groups in the Boston area (jazz, rock, pop, alt, etc). I write for my own groups and many of the groups I perform with. I've been teaching at Berklee since 1982 (mostly writing courses but also some performance courses).
