As I child I found myself excited to sounds and the wonderful joy of music. I spent much of youth listening to music and yet never experiencing private lessons or any formal music training until my twenties. At this point I had started music music school way behind my fellow students, and thus, to ensure success, I had to work extra hard. I found the most efficient means to not only catch up to many of my peers at the University, but graduate with a respectable 3.75 GPA. Proving, of course, that I know what it takes to achieve goals that appear overwhelming.

As a student at Metropolitan State University I studied Music Composition and became obsessed with understanding how composers used vibration and sounds to create such wonderful art. This obsession pushed me to study advanced music theory on my own and away from school, but it also proved the value of performing. As I shifted my gears towards performing music my abilities as a composer grow and that created a hunger to...

I have a BA in Philosophy and Music Performance , 1993, from the University of Northern Colorado and University of Colorado at Denver. I teach in the traditional method and I’m classically trained but I also play and teach in a variety of styles.

I began playing the violin when I was nine and I'm very glad I did as it has led to much fulfillment and accomplishment for me.