Educator

Education

New Canaan (CT) High School, Class of 1963

B.A. cum laude Yale College 1967 (Theory & Composition)

M. Mus. Yale School of Music 1969 (Composition)

Private studies with: Sal Macchia, Diana Gannett, Michael Moore (double bass); Jim Hall, Larry Coryell (guitar); Donald Currier, Juliet Shaw (piano); Dr. S. Ramanathan, Ramnad Raghavan (South Indian music); Frankie Malabe (Latin perc.)

Memberships

American Federation of Musicians, Local 234 (New Haven), Executive Board member; New Haven and Shoreline Arts Councils; International Society of Bassists; Jazz Haven; Morse College Fellow (Yale); Yale Aviation Club.

Publishing

Quadrangle Music, P. O. Box 120717, East Haven CT 06512-0717; Three-Two Music, Fresno, CA; Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI); Harry Fox Agency.

Teaching Experience

1995 - present: Instructor, Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT

Teach Composition on several levels: Composition II (intermediate to advanced studies in Jazz Composing, Theory and Arranging), Composition I (beginning to intermediate studies in Songwriting, Dramatic Music, Basic Notation, Theory, Rhythm, Melody and Harmony).

2000 - present: Ensemble Director, Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT

Plan, organize, conduct, arrange and compose for Jazz Ensembles in instrumental and vocal combinations which vary from year to year. Develop intermediate to advanced ensemble repertoire which matches the wide range of student ability and experience, while at the same time introduces them to the most important historical styles and elements of jazz composition and improvisation.

2001 - present: Ensemble Director, Neighborhood Music School, New Haven, CT

Organize, conduct, arrange and compose for the Premier Jazz Ensemble, an audition-only ensemble of the School¹s most advanced jazz instrumentalists and vocalists. Rehearsal time is dedicated to perfecting a challenging repertoire of all styles of jazz, and to developing students¹ skill as jazz improvisors.

2002 - present: Summer Jazz Program, Neighborhood Music School, New Haven, CT

Co-director (2006), Ensemble Coach, Lecturer and Clinician. Conduct, compose and arrange for Latin Jazz Ensemble; workshops on ³Language of Latin Music²; teach Music Theory; conduct bass Master Classes; accompany visiting artists.

1975 - present: Private Teaching, in home studio, New Haven, CT

Individual lessons at all levels from beginner through advanced professional musicians. Partial list of subjects includes: Jazz Guitar, Jazz & Classical Bass (acoustic and electric), Jazz Piano, Jazz and Classical Theory, Improvisation (all instruments), Composing, Arranging, Songwriting, Vocal Coaching, Rhythmic Theory, Latin Music Styles, Ear Training, Sight Reading.

1972 - 1985: College Teaching, at various campuses listed below

Guitar instructor Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, CT.

Guitar instructor State University of New York, Oneonta.

Visiting lecturer in jazz University of Connecticut, Storrs.

Clinician in World Music Yale and Wesleyan Universities.

Course subjects include: composition, arranging, song writing, music theory, jazz guitar, jazz bass, improvisation, Latin and world music.

1970 - present: School Programs - assemblies, workshops and clinics conducted by various ensembles.

Co-director, the Jazz Blues Connection, a program linking suburban and inner-city high schools in Bridgeport and Westport (CT). The Festival Jazz All-Stars, Giacomo Gates, The New Song Quintet, Moxie, Samba Brasil, Carnatic Music Ensemble all have performed at numerous elementary, middle and high schools throughout CT and NY.