EDUCATION:
Columbia University - 1986-87, 1 year of DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) in Composition
Columbia University - 1984-86, MA in Music Composition
Mannes School of Music - 1983-84, Courses in Theory and Harmony
Bennington  College - 1977-81, BA - Liberal Arts (Music Major, Theater Minor)

CURRICULUM/CONCERT SERIES WRITING:
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
Leonard Bernstein Center
Brooklyn Philharmonic
University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Manhattan School of Music
Grammy Concert Series for Children
Grammy Foundation
Caramoor Center for the Arts
Silk Road Project
Sullivan County BOCES

MUSEUMS:
Smithsonian Museum
Guggenheim Museum
Whitney Museum
Liberty Science Center
American Museum of Natural History
Newark Museum
American Crafts Museum
Brooklyn Childrens Museum
Queens Museum
New Jersey Childrens Museum
Katonah Art Museum
New York Hall of Science
Franklin Institute

OTHER:
Grammy Concert Series for Children National Curriculum Consultant and Scriptwriter - 1998
Emcee for NYC Concerts for the Grammy Concert Series for Children 1997-98
Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors
Brooklyn Academy of Music
International Gamelan Festival - Indonesia
New York City Opera
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Dance-Theater Workshop
U.S. Parks Service
American Festival of Microtonal Music
Music for Homemade Instruments
The Knitting Factory
Little Orchestra Society
Very Special Arts Festival
Queens Symphony
Harlem School of the Arts
Arts Connection

STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS:
Flushing Arts Council
Young Audiences NY
Manhattan School of Music
New York Philharmonic
Arts Horizons
Franklin Institute
Carnegie Hall
Sullivan County BOCES
Eisenhower Foundation
Queens Museum of Art
Queens Summer Arts Institute
Various school districts

PUBLICATIONS:
"Building an Experimental Orchestra" - TIES Magazine, 1992
"The Connective Process" included in "Beyond Enrichment" edited by Jane Remer, 1996
"Beyond the Shaker" - Experimental Music Instruments Quarterly, 1999

EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES:
Face-to-Face 99 - "Hands-on Music" and chair of "Experienced Teaching Artist Colloquiam"
Empire State Partnerships 98-99 - "Beyond the Shaker"
Common Ground 98 - "Beyond the Shaker"

TV AND RADIO:
PBS - Mister Rogersí Neighborhood
WNYC - New York Kids (many appearances)
WQXR - New York Music Box (regular appearances as "The Junkman")
NPR - All Things Considered

GALLERY SHOWS:
"M'bira, Ood & Tilaphone" - Goddard Riverside Community Center - Spring '93
"Ingenious Instruments" - The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson - Fall '92
"Music Trash-formed" - Sternberg Museum, Hays, Kansas, Spring ë01