I chose violin myself at nine years old. No one in my family had studied music and I had never gone to a concert. The local high school orchestra performed at my school, and when the conductor held up a violin for us to see, I knew that would be my instrument.
• AMERICAN YOUTH SYMPHONY –A founding member – principal 2nd violin.
• UCLA- Studied violin with Stanley Plummer and Mehi Meta.
• I helped pay my way through college by playing orchestra engagements and chamber music
• BANFF SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS –Studied under Henry Temanka, founder of the L.A. Chamber Orchestra, and Lorand Feyves of the Royal Academy of Music.
• At Banff, I was coached by Zoltan Zekley from the Hungarian String Quartet and by the world-renowned violist William Primrose.
• Graduated from the UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, with an M.A. in philosophy
• I developed my own commercial string quartet, The Group, with a full season of engagements.
• Studied with L. Fisher from the Eastman School of Music in the Galamian technique.
• Coached by Norman Nelson from St. Martin in the Fields. Founding member of St, Martin in the Fields.
• Advanced training in the Leopold Auer Technique, the Galamian technique, Advanced Artists Technique.
• I had my own commercial duo “Two for You,” which again led to a variety of engagements both challenging and fun.
• Studio Musician.
AWARDS:
UCLA – Private donor scholarship for study
Principal 2nd in American Youth Symphony.
University appointment – violin soloist for graduate program
First violin for the grad program in chamber music
Rocky Ridge School of Music, Colorado – Scholarship for musical studies
Banff school of fine arts – Awarded position in The Canadian Chamber Orchestra