I grew up in South Texas and first studied with Bill Benjamin and
Elizabeth Camus, both principal oboists with the San Antonio Symphony
in the early 1970's. Attended Indiana University in Bloomington,
Indiana and was a student of Jerry Sirucek receiving a Bachelors degree
in Oboe performance. Attended Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Ft. Worth, TX in 1977-1980, receiving a M.M degree in
church music
ministries. At that time, I studied with Noah Knepper in woodwind
pedagogy. In 1980 I accepted a position as instructor of music at
Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis, MO and worked on a Ph. D. at
Washington University in Historical Performance Practice,
studying baroque oboe with Nora Post and baroque flute with Nicholas
McGegan and performance practice master classes with Wieland
Keujken. In 1984, I won the position as principal oboist with the
United
States Army Field Band of Washington D. C. where there were many
opportunities for solo and ensemble performance as a free lance
musician in the Washington D.C. area. I performed with
"Prevailing
Winds" woodwind quintet making a debut in Kennedy Center in the
Washington Performing Arts series. and was active in chamber
music and
with wife Donna, a violinist formed the Annapolis Baroque Ensemble
which performs in many historic houses in the Annapolis, MD area.