- studied under Ken Walicki, David Tcimpidis and John Curtis Browning
- Attended California Summer Music and Fontainebleau School of Music
Winton freelanced as a tuba player with Idyllwild Arts Academy in the L.A. area and Orquesta Sinfonica UANL in Mexico, while on bass guitar playing jazz, hiphop, rock gigs and playing at local churches.
Currently Winton is focusing on working setting music to text, from poetry and shorter prose.