About This Site

I’m only now finally getting my thoughts organized into something cohesive, and while that means I’m starting to organize my site, it also means it’s not where I want it to be, at least not yet. So, I hope you’ll come back often and see what’s new here. I also hope you’ll say ‘hi’ or send an email to let me know what you think or just to say how things are going.

Personal Music History

I received a Bachelor of Science in Instrumental Music Education from Ball State University in 1998. I studied clarinet under Dr. Caroline Hartig and percussion under Pamela Nave and Dr. Erwin Mueller. For 11 years between that degree and when I decided to get my next, I played clarinet for various chamber groups, bands, and orchestras, taught sectionals at various middle and high schools, and also amassed a studio of about 40 private students. I then returned to clarinet study by way of pursuing a Masters Degree with Dallas Tidwell at University of Louisville. I am very proud to have been under his tutelage and will cherish that time I had with him and the other clarinetists in his studio.

Today, I work as a web developer in the marketing department of a local company. Nights and weekends, you’ll find me occasionally at rehearsal or a concert for either Louisville Concert Band or Louisville Winds.