1994 – Present Study, record, teach, and perform solo guitar,
both instrumental and guitar/vocals
Opening act & festival billing with scores of national
and International touring performers
2016 Released 'The Mississippi John Hurt Songbook'
August 2010 Performance with Laurence Juber
Wings (with Paul McCartney) guitarist, 2-time Grammy Award winner
2010 Released 'Official Bootleg, Vol. 1', live performance CD
2005 and 2006 Voted “Best Acoustic Guitarist, Any Style”
in polls conducted by Gear Junkies
Alaska’s largest online musicians’ network
2002 – 2012 Taught guitar classes at Turnagain Arts Center in Anchorage
Courses included Beginning Fingerpicking, Fingerstyle I & II,
Acoustic Blues Guitar, and British Traditional Guitar.
Began developing curricula including American Folk Revival,
American Primitive/Basic Guitar Composition,
and Guitar Accompaniment for Singer-Songwriters
Instructor at annual Acoustic Alaska Guitar Camp outside Wasilla
Sept. 19-21, 2000 Performed in Anchorage with John Renbourn
double Grammy Award nominee, British folk/jazz legend,
and inspiration to me since I was a teenager
1999-02 Performed/toured locally, state-wide, and nationally
including on nationally-syndicated radio program
West Coast-Live (KALW 91.7 San Francisco)
Studied privately with Duck Baker
- one of the most highly regarded fingerstyle guitarists of his generation
1986-94 Played professionally in a series of R&B/Pop bands
Began offering private instruction to students ages 8 to adult
1984-85 Studied at
Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music
in Los Angeles
1983-84 Studied Music Theory at Mississippi State University
3 Semesters - all music courses - into the Masters theory & composition program
1980-83 Attended Anchorage Community College/U of Alaska-Anchorage
Study included jazz theory and private instruction with Wendy Williamson
– jazz virtuoso & head of the music department
1978 Weeklong seminar w legendary jazz/studio player, Howard Roberts founder of Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music in Los Angeles
1971-72 Studied with Dave Brumble,
private student of Andres Segovia (father of modern classical guitar)
1968 Began playing guitar at 8 years of age