Since I was a kid, music has been a world of wonder and exploration. My path has wound through many ways of playing and listening - old and new, solo and collaborative.  I studied classical guitar in college with Gerald Klickstein, Aaron Shearer, and Josh Brown, and received a classical guitar performance degree in 2001 from North Carolina School of the Arts.  In 2003, I moved to the Caribbean, where I taught at the St. Lucia School of Music for two years, while performing regularly in jazz and reggae settings.  I spent most of the next decade in the Bay Area, where I performed and composed for varied projects, ranging from jazz and rock to collaborations with dance and installation art. While there, I furthered my jazz studies with Brian Pardo, Steve Erquiaga, and Wil Blades.   I have been in Portland, OR since 2014, where I have enjoyed performances and collaborations with funk and samba bands, a West African inspired trio, and theater pit bands.  Through all of my wanderings, teaching has been a thread and an outlet for the exchange of musical ideas.  

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