Entertainment & Concert Experience
29
years Vocalist – Tenor (solo & choral work,
both commercial & traditional)
28 years Actor
(community & professional, stage & screen)
26 years Composer
(solo & ensemble to large works)
26 years Arranger
(solo & ensemble to large works)
26 years Keyboard
(piano, organ, harpsichord, Celeste & synthesizer)
23 years Percussionist
(concert, commercial, Latin & African styles)
23 years Director
(film, theatre, choral & instrumental)
23 years Conductor
(theatre, choral & instrumental)
22 years Performance Coach (vocal, instrumental
& acting)
22 years Accompanist
(commercial, studio, theatrical & concert)
22 years Producer
(commercial, studio & concert)
Theatrical Direction Highlights
Bay Street Players
The State Theater of Eustis, FL
She Loves Me
Musical Director / keyboard
Feb 2008
I Do! I Do!
Musical Director / keyboard
Sept/Oct 2007
Man
of La Mancha
Musical Director / keyboard
Jul/Aug 2007
Love, Sex and the I.R.S.
Director
May/June 2007
The Taffetas
Musical Director / keyboard
Dec 2006
Oliver!
Musical Director / keyboard
Jul/Aug 2006
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum Musical
Director / keyboard
Apr 2006
Daytona
Playhouse
Daytona Playhouse in Daytona Beach, FL
Lucky Stiff
Director / Musical Director Mar/Apr
2007
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Director / Musical Director
Nov 2005
Young
People's Theatre
Historic State Theatre in Eustis, FL
Broadway
Brilliance
Producer / Director / Tour Manager March 2008
I Didn't Know That?
Producer / Designer / Tour Manager Feb-April 2008
Holiday Tour Show
Director / Tour Manager
Dec 2007
Reaching for the Stars
Director / Playwright
June 2007
Alice...
Producer / Musical Director
June 2007
James & the Giant Peach
Producer / Director / Designer
April 2007
Blather, Blarney & Balderdash
Producer / Director / Designer
April 2007
Stuart Little
Producer / Tour Manager
Feb-Mar 2007
Disney's The Jungle Book
Director / Music Director / Designer Feb 2007
Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble Theatre
Alliance Studio in Orlando, FL
Fantasticks
Musical Director / keyboard
Sep 2005
Love Crossing
Asst. Musical Director / keyboard Feb 2005
Golden Music Academy Theatre
Junior Academy Players in Casselberry, FL
Honk!
Director / Musical Director
Nov 2006
Disney's Aladdin, Jr. Director
/ Musical Director
Jul 2006
Godspell
Director / Musical Director
Jun 2006
Once On This Island
Director / Musical Director
Jun 2006
Acts of Light Theater Company
Agape Hall Theater in Winter Park, FL
Christmas Pageant that Almost Wasn’t
Director / Producer
Dec 2004
Stomp and Praise
Director / Producer
Nov 2004
Noah’s Rainboat
Director / Producer / keyboard
May 2004
The Birth of Jesus, A Live Nativity
Director / Producer
Dec 2003, 2004
The Birth of Jesus According to John Director
/ Playwright
Dec 2003
Christmas Pageant
Director / Producer
Dec 2002
A Priesthood of All Believers Director
/ Playwright
Nov 2002
Florida
Children’s Repertory
Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Orlando, FL
Alexander, Who’s Not, Not, Not, …. Going to Move! Musical Director / keyboard
Oct 2005
Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
Musical Director / keyboard
Dec 2004
The Sands
Theater Center, Inc. Cultural Arts Center in DeLand, FL
Suessical!
Music Director / piano
Sep-Oct 2006
Scrooge! The Musical
Music Director / piano, percussion Dec 2004
Sister Amnesia’s Nunsense Jamboree Music
Director / piano, percussion Sep 2004
Pump Boys & Dinettes
Director / Music Director May
2004
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum Musical Director
/ keyboard
Sep 2003
Smoke On the Mountain
Musical Director May
2003
Kiss Me Kate Musical
Director / keyboard
Sep 2002
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Musical Director / Choreographer May 2002
Storybook
Theater Company Cultural
Arts Center in DeLand, FL
The Magic Pinata
Musical Director Sep
2005 - May 2006
Winnie The Pooh, the Musical Comedy
Director / Music Director Jun
2004
The Secret Garden, musical
Musical Director / keyboard
Dec 2002
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Choreographer / Musicologist
Oct 2001
Guys & Dolls, Jr.
Musical Director Jun
2001
Oak Ridge
Theater Players
John Calvin Presbyterian Church in Orlando, FL
And After They Had Eaten…
Director / Playwright
Apr 2002
The Christmas Post
Director / Producer
Dec 2001
Pioneer
Players Production A
County Arts Education Building in Stillwater, OK
My Fair Lady Assistant
Director
Fall 1989
Wekiva
River Players, Inc.
Helen Stairs Theatre in Sanford, FL
Evita Musical
Director, keyboard
July 2004
Composition Highlights
Acts of Light Theatre Company
A Priesthood of All Believers – stage show
Nov 2002
ASCAP Young Composers
Jeptha of Gilead – chamber
1994
Shoestring
Theatre Company
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Jun 2005
Storybook
Theater Company Cultural
Arts Center in DeLand, FL
The Frog Prince – stage show
Tour Sep– Nov. 2004
Legend of Sleepy Hollow - stage show
Oct 2001
Rumplestiltskin – stage show
Tour Feb – Apr. 2001
Playwright Highlights
Acts of
Light Theatre Company
The Christmas Pageant that Almost Wasn’t
Dec 2004
The Birth of Jesus, Outdoor Live Nativity
Dec 2003, 2004
The
Birth of Jesus According to John
Dec 2003
A Christmas Pageant
Dec 2002
A Priesthood of All Believers, a musical about Martin Luther
Nov 2002
Oak Ridge Theatre Players
Risen...
Mar 2008
And After They Had Eaten...
April 2002
Storybook Theater Company
Cultural Arts Center in DeLand, FL
Edgar Allen Poe
Tour Sep 2005-May 2006
Theatrical Tour Highlights
Storybook
Theater Company Cultural
Arts Center in DeLand, FL
The Magical
Pinata
Director
N. Cent. FL Sept 2005–May 2006
Edgar Allen Poe
Playwright N.
Cent. FL Sept 2005–May 2006
Aesop’s Fables
Actor N.
Cent. FL Feb – May 2005
The Frog Prince
Composer / “Henri” N. Cent. FL Sept 2004–May
2005
Devon’s Hurt
“Devon”
N. Cent. FL Feb – Apr. 2004
Fisherman & His Wife “The
Magical Fish” N. Cent. FL Sept – Nov. 2004
The Princess & the Pea The
Prince, “Steve” N. Cent. FL Feb – Apr. 2003
Twelfth Night
“Feste” N.
Cent. FL April 2001
Rumplestiltskin “Rumplestiltskin” N.
Cent. FL Feb – Apr. 2001
Florida Children’s Repertory Theatre in Orlando,
FL
Alexander,
Who’s Not, Not, Not, …. Going to Move! Musical Director Cent.
FL Oct 2005 (SETC '06)
Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
Musical Director Cent. FL Dec 2004
Theatrical Performance & Technical Experience
Highlights
Daytona
Playhouse
Daytona Playhouse in Daytona Beach, FL
Little
Lies
Lighting Designer
Jan 2007
Jake's
Women
Lighting Designer
Oct 2006
Harvey
Set & Lighting Designer
Apr 2006
Murder Among Friends
Lighting Designer
Mar 2006
Greetings!
"Mickey Gorski / Lucius" Jan
2006
The Bay Street
Players
The State Theater of Eustis, FL
Some Enchanted Evening
Rehearsal Accompanist Nov
2005
Verve
Theatre Company
Metro Church of Christ in Oviedo, FL
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
Rehearsal & Performance Pianist May
2005
Sands Theater Center
– Stage II Cultural Arts Center in DeLand,
FL
Picasso at the Lapin Angile
“Charles Schmendiman” April
2005
Twelfth Night
"Feste" April
2001
Storybook Theater
Company Cultural Arts
Center in DeLand, FL
Noonie’s Masterpiece in Purple
“Picasso” & “Uncle Ralph”
May 2005
Ama and the White Crane
“Demon” & Foley Oct
2002
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
“Baltus
Van Tassell”
Oct 2001
Shoestring
Theatre
Shoestring Theatre in Lake Helen, FL
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
“Merlin” May
2000
TKATS
Park Theater in Indianapolis, IN
Million Dollar Movies “Drag
Queen Icon” May
2000
Millikin University
Student Theater
Pipedreams Theater in Decatur, IL
Elements
“Cellophane” Fall
1994
Millikin University
Theater Department Albert Taylor Theater in Decatur, IL
Company, the Musical
Percussionist Spring
1993
Millikin University
Theater Department Kirkland Fine Arts Center in Decatur, IL
Carousel
Percussionist Fall
1995
Candide
Percussionist Fall
1994
Fiddler On the Roof
Percussionist
Fall 1993
Kiss Me Kate Percussionist
Fall 1992
Evita Percussionist
Fall 1991
Town
& Gown Theater in the Round
Town & Gown, Inc. in Stillwater, OK
Steel Magnolias
Lighting Design
Fall 1990
The Music Man Percussionist
Summer 1990
Taming of the Shrew
Lighting Technician
Winter 1989
Guys and Dolls
Percussionist
Summer 1989
Fiddler on the Roof
“Mendel -Rabbi Son”
Summer 1987
Night of the Iguana
Sound Design
Spring 1986
The Majority of One
Lighting Design
Fall 1986
Annie Get Your Gun "Little
Jake”
Summer 1985
Oklahoma
State University
Atherton - Wes Watkins Center in Stillwater, OK
Harold and Maude
Special Effects / “Headless Harold” Fall 1989
Administrative, Conducting & Teaching Position Highlights
Artistic
Director, Director of Education
Young Peoples Theatre
2007 – 2008
Conductor
& Artistic Director
The Florida Choral Society
2006 – present
Artist-In-Residence, Artistic Director
Golden Music Academy 2005
– 2007
Director of Music & Theatrical Music Education
Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble
2005 – 2006
Director of Ensembles & Performance Coach
Academy of the Arts
2002-2005
Director of Music Ministries & Worship Arts
Redeemer Lutheran Church ELCA 2002-2005
(5 choirs, brass, woodwind, chamber ensemble & 2 handbell ensembles, praise team
& band, and drama program)
Conductor Deland
Symphony Festival Chorus 2003
Clinician & Instructor Storybook
Theater Company 2001-present
Director of Music Ministries
John Calvin Presbyterian Church 2000-2002,
2008-
(2
choirs, 2 handbell ensembles & drama program)
Executive
Producer
Hashi Productions & Design (HPD) 1999-present
Clinician
& Organization Development Consultant Freelance
Contractual Agreements 1995-present
(Harvard, FMU, UCF, UF, ISU, IU, Purdue University, Rollins College, Non-Profit, Policy & Corporate Consultation)
Conductor
(25 voice choir) Millikin Univ.
Inspirational Gospel Choir 1992-1994
Student Conductor
(60 voice choir)
Millikin Men
1991-1995
Student Conductor
Millikin Wind Ensemble
1993-1994
Youth Director First
Christian Church (Disciples) 1990-1991
(over 120 participants in 6 groups, facilitating programming retreats
& mission trips for grade 6 - College)
Guest
Conductor
(50 voice choir) Revelation Singers
1989-1991
Ensemble Performance & Other Employment Highlights
Freelance
Studio Musician
Piano, Percussion & Arranging
1991-present
Tenor in Festival Choir & Select Chamber Choir
Bach Festival of Winter Park, FL 2001-2004
Principal
Timpanist
DeLand Symphony Orchestra
2000-2001
Staff Accompanist
Jordan School of Ballet 1996-1997
Staff Percussionist
Grace United Methodist Church 1993
Studio & Staff Accompanist
Millikin University, School of Music 1991-1994
Principal & Endowed Chair (Timpani)
Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra 1991-1994
Principal Percussionist
(oldest existing municipal band in U.S.) Decatur Municipal Band
1991-1994
Member & Soloist
Millikin University Percussion Ensembles 1991-1994
Member OK-ACDA
All-State Honors Choir
1990, 1991
Member of Madrigal Show Choir Stillwater
High School, Stillwater, OK 1989-1991
Principal Percussionist
OK All-District Concert Band
1988-1991
Member & Cast (touring
youth ensemble.)
Revelation Singers
1986-1991
A Few Collaborative Highlights
Louis
Bellson, Jodi Benson, Hedi Burress, Michael Burrit, Audrey Coldron, Marvin Hamlish, Alan Held, Marilyn Horn, Joe Jencks, Shirley
Jones, Gary Kilmer, King’s Singers, Rita Moreno, Alan Pote, Adam Sears, Timothy Shew
Influential Mentors, Instructors
& Coaches
Dr. Wayne Bovenschen,
Audrey Coldron, Steve Fiol, Barbara Freed, Steve Gackstatter, Dr. Bruce Gibbons, Sally Herman, Dr. Brad Holmes, Randy Johnson,
Dwight Jordan, Brian Justison, Bob Kelly, James Kimmel, Marilyn King, Darlene Lentz-Stewart, Norman McKenzie, Marsha Maison,
Dr. Jerry McCoy, Dr. James Moyer, Mark Nelson, Donald Neuen, Dr. Mary Ellen Poole, Robert Ray, Susan Reid, Sir John Rutter,
Dr. Gary R. Shaw, Dr. A. Wesley Tower, Dr. Sunny Van Eaton, William Warfield, Elizabeth Watkins, Dr. W. Ronald Yadeau
Formal Education
BM
in Performance emphasis’ in Composition, and Orchestral & Choral Conducting and Psychology (1995)
Millikin
University, Decatur, Illinois
Additional Skills
Digital
Photography & Videography:
Production & Editing
Facilities
& Production: Management
& Development
Social
Change: Community Organizer,
Lobbyist, Campaign Development, Research, Think-Tank Facilitation
Group Dynamics:
Facilitation, Intervention, Anger Management, Support Group Leadership
Marketing:
Research, Presentational & Display, Solicitation, Development
Media:
Press Releases & Event Coverage, Interviewing Techniques, Major News Affiliate Experience
Organizational Development: Leadership & Management Training, Consultation, Conflict Resolution
Computer skills: Dos/Windows Advanced User, Desktop Publishing,
Web Publishing Skills
Award
Highlights
Presidential
Honor from Clinton Administration, 1999
Harvard University, Honored for Service, 1998
ASCAP Young Composers Award
Mention, 1994
Oklahoma State Superintendent’s Award for Arts Excellence (25 presented), 1991
National Forensics
League, Degree of Special Distinction, 1991
Professional Memberships & Affiliations
American Choral
Directors Association (ACDA)
American Federation of Musicians (AFM - Local 389)
Artists Against AIDS Worldwide (AAAW)
Artists Against Racism
Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM)
American Guild of English Handbell Ringers
(AGEHR)
The American Music Center
American Music Conference
American Musicological Society
American Symphony
Orchestra League
Choristers Guild
Educational Theater Association
Florida Motion Picture & Theater Association
Jazz For Peace
Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
National Forensics League (NFL)
Percussive Arts
Society (PAS)
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Presbyterian Association of Musicians (PAM)
