1980-present. Instructor. Provide private jazz improvisation and saxophone and clarinet instruction to advanced students in addition to clinic appearances.

1996-present. University of Southern California Thornton School of Music Los Angeles, CA, adjunct faculty.

1977-79. Assistant Professor, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA. Teaching assignments: Applied Saxophone & clarinet, Jazz Improv (all levels), Jazz Ensemble Direction, Woodwind Methods, Theory, and Saxophone Quartet.

1977. Eastman Preparatory Department. Jazz Improvisation, Woodwind Master Class, and Jazz Ensemble.

1976-77. Eastman School of Music Graduate Assistant. Beginning Jazz Improvisation and Jazz Ensemble.

1975 B.S. Music Education, Glassboro State College, Glassboro, N.J., (Clarinet Major), first chair wind ensemble and orchestra, lead alto in jazz ensemble and studio orchestra

1977 M.M. Performance, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. Jazz studies and contemporary media. Lead alto jazz ensemble and studio orchestra

Private study with Antony Chicarelli from the Philadephia Orchestra, Eddie Daniels, Dave Liebman, Ramon Ricker, and Jim Walker