about me:
My family was musical. Mom & Dad played songs by the Carter Family and Hank Williams in between raising three kids and running a farm. For that reason alone, I still love country music.
I played in high school rock bands, and spent much of the 70‘s playing and singing in clubs, bars and taverns.
In the 80’s I studied at V.C.C. focusing on composition and arranging. I became proficient with MIDI and music software and taught keyboards at V.C.C for around 3 years.
I branched out, composing music for student and indie films, documentaries, and advertising. I still played regularly, mostly solo and duo gigs - classical or jazz stuff in restaurants, pop or country at weddings, etc.
In the 90’s I started taking side gigs as a recording engineer in a few of the recording studios I recorded in. I taught keyboards at Douglas College for a coupla more years.
I wanted to become a better educator, and enjoyed researching how what we see effects what we hear. I wrote a thesis on that subject and graduated from SFU with a Masters Degree in Arts Education.
I taught in a variety of recording arts and technical schools, eventually developing the curriculum for, and teaching in the 'Sound for Image' department at VFS.
In 2010, leaving VFS, I started playing again in a couple of jazz groups, sometimes leading a jazz trio.
Since 2010, I have given music lessons from our home in Ladner.
