As you will see while perusing my site, I play many instruments, as my focus is on studying the inter-relatedness of music from around the world - how music is the one truly universal language - and drawing upon that process to create new works which grow from diverse roots.

To this end I have pursued my education from various sources: I studied classical music, composition, and music theory at CU Boulder; put years into Scottish and Irish bagpipes, flutes and whistles; played guitar and bass in jazz and jam bands; learned Balinese music and instruments performing with Gamelan Tunas Mekar; delved deeply into American blues, mountain and traditional styles of guitar and banjo; I also have and continue to work closely on Scandinavian, African, and Chinese music.