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PERFORMANCES:

San Francisco State University
Seattle Space Needle Concerts
Idaho State University Program Board
Old First Center for the Arts ~ San Francisco
Barnes & Noble ~ Sacramento
Boise State University
Village Early Music Society
University of San Francisco Concerts
Tahoe Historical Society
California Cultural Center ~ San Francisco
Hospice of the Foothills
Sierra Musical Arts Association
Music in the Mountains
Nevada County Historical Society
Nevada County Artist's Guild
California Library Series
South Lake Tahoe Community College
Twin Cities Concert Association
Classical Guitar Society of Portland
San Francisco Classical Guitar Society
Julia Davis gallery Concerts ~ Boise
Guitar Extravaganza Concerts
Soroptimist International
City College of San Francisco
Tahoe Preservation Society
St. Joseph's Cultural Center Concerts
KVMR ~ FM Featured Artist Series
Humboldt State University Concert Series
Borders, Books & Music Artists Series
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Old Town Eureka Concert Series
Quito Ecuador ~ Exchange Series
Evergreen College ~ Olympia, WA
Sons of Norway ~ San Diego ~ Minneapolis
Sacramento State University
Banff School of Fine Arts ~ Canada
Orchestre Panache ~ Chamber Orchestra

RADIO AND TELEVISION PERFORMANCES:

  • Credits include recorded airplay and live performances as well as numerous live Baroque broadcasts by KUSF-FM and KQED-FM Radio Stations in San Francisco. KVMR-FM Nevada City, California, Live Broadcast Artist.
  • KWSP-FM, Santa Cruz, California.
  • National Public Radio - Classical Broadcasts
  • Western Artists 45 minute television special as a featured solo artist. The program was filmed and aired in Utah, California, Idaho, and New Mexico.
  • South Lake Tahoe Community College one hour concert and video of Spanish Renaissance Music.

EDUCATION:

  • Idaho State University, 1978 Music
    Honors Graduate Bachelor of Music, Guitar -Performance.
  • Banff School of Fine Arts 1979 Banff, Canada
    Private and Master class study with Aliro Diaz.
  • San Francisco State University 1979
    Master class study with Narciso Yepes.
  • Sun Valley Center for the Arts 1979 Sun Valley, Idaho
    Master class study with Christopher Parkening.
  • San Francisco Conservatory of Music 1979
    Master Class Study - Julian Bream, Abel Carlevaro, Michael Lorimer.
  • San Francisco State University 1980 Music - Honors
    Graduate Master of Arts - Music, Guitar - Performance.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

  • Idaho State University, Faculty Music Department
  • Lecturer in Guitar, 1973 to 1978.
  • Private guitar instructor, San Francisco, 1978 to 1981.
  • Private instruction Nevada City, CA, 1981 to present.

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Record jacket notes for three recordings of Brahms' cello sonatas released on the Musicelli label by Lazlo Varga.
  • Program notes for the San Francisco State University Symphony concerts.
  • Program notes for Music in the Mountains Summer Festival Series.
  • Program notes for the cello recitals of Lazlo Varga.

SCHOLARSHIPS:

  • Recipient of undergraduate performance scholarships in guitar at Idaho State University Music Department.
  • Attended San Francisco State University as a graduate student on a Music Department Guitar Performance Scholarship.

TEACHERS AND MASTER CLASSES:

Classical guitar with:

  • Donald Merrill, San Francisco, California
  • Abel Carlevaro, San Francisco, California
  • Kres Amelotte, U.S.C., Music Dept., California
  • Christopher Parkening, Sun Valley, Idaho
  • Narcisco Yepes, San Francisco, California
  • Alirio Diaz, Banff, California
  • Julian Bream, San Francisco, California


Baroque guitar and early music with:
  • Robert Strizich, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, California
  • Kent Underwood, Stanford University Music Dept., California
  • Nigel North, Berkeley, California


Baroque performance practices with harpsichordists:
  • Sandra Soderlund, San Francisco, California
  • Charlene Brendler, San Francisco, California


Musicology with:
  • Dr. Mark A. Radice, Ithaca College, New York

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS:

San Francisco Early Music Society
The Loyola Baroque Ensemble
The Lute Society of America
Guitar Foundation of America
Chamber Music America
American Composers Forum










 

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