ABOUT ME

Education and Music are the two disciplines that are known for building community,
bringing people together,
and as ways to shape a better world.

this is most certainly true

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Often intertwined, my professional work incorporates these areas of expertise in my various roles as professor, music director, consultant, clinician, adjudicator, author, and arranger. 
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EDUCATOR

CONDUCTOR

MUSIC ARRANGER

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Information on the Carthage College Music Department and the Carthage Wind Orchestra can be found here.

PERSONal

Our family includes my wife Kathy, our son Erik, and daughter Jacy. 
Kathy is a flutist and the Band Director at Tremper High School in Kenosha, Erik works for JDA Software in Brookfield, WI, and
Jacy is making her way as a freelance trumpet player and instructor at the Music Institute of Chicago in Evanston, IL.
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Northwestern University Graduation Day - 2017