EDUCATION:

Manhattan School of Music - 1972-1976 (B.Mus. degree) (John Corigliano, Giampaolo Bracali, Nicolas Flagello)
The Juilliard School - 1978 (Extension division - Arnold Arnstein)
Eastman School of Music - 1978, ’84, ’87 (Arrangers Lab Institute) (Rayburn Wright, Manny Albam)
BMI / Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop - 1978-1989 (Lehman Engel, Edward Kleban, Maury Yeston)

AWARDS:

2007 New York Treble Singers Award - 2nd Place (for Hashkiveinu)
2006 Susan Galloway Sacred Song Award - 1st & 2nd Place (for Psalms 84 & 121)
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra - Composer’s Award 2004 (for Juggernaut)
Bronx Council on the Arts — BRIO Award
Meet the Composer grants
Jacksonville University — Delius Prize for Composition

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Local 802, A. F. of M.
Broadcast Music, Inc.
American Music Center
American Society of Music Copyists
Zamir Chorale of New York

SKILLS:

Composition
Arranging / Orchestration
Dictation (lead sheets, piano/vocal, orchestral reconstruction)
Copying (Finale for Macintosh)