Achievements / Recognitions:
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- Lester Horton Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for Dance
- for “Grand Hope Flower” by Rosanna Gamson/Worldwide (1998)
- ASCAP Standard Panel Award for music composition
(1997 to Present)
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Commissions:
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- Commissions from Rosanna Gamson/Worldwide, the Friends of California Plaza (with a grant from the Lila Wallace Readers Digest
Foundation), Santa Ana College Dance Dept.
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Experience:
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- I have created music for the following dance companies:
- Oguri & Renzoku (now Body Weather Laboratory)
- Rosanna Gamson / Worldwide
- Santa Ana College Dance Department
- Some of the dance companies who have used my music are:
- Naomi Goldberg's Los Angeles Modern Dance & Ballet
- Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
- Iona Pear Dance Theater
- Composer/Performer/Artistic Director -
The Illustrious Theatre Orchestra (saxophone, keyboard, electric bass)
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Recordings:
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- Pythagorean Xydiko Machine (Trompe l’Oreille),
The Illustrious Theatre Orchestra (1995)
- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (Trompe l’Oreille),
The Illustrious Theatre Orchestra (1993)
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Education:
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- Bachelor of Music and Master of Music, CSU Fullerton (studied composition with
Michael Bayer and Lloyd Rodgers, saxophone with James Rötter)
- CSU Summer Arts Program (Computer Music)
- Master Class with Philip Glass
- Playwright-Composer Studio Workshop, A.S.K. Theater Productions
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Memberships:
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- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
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Credentials:
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- California Community College Teaching Credential, Music (Lifetime)
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