Born:
Royal Oak, MI

Degrees and Studies:
B.M., M.M., The Juilliard School; D.M.A., SUNY-Stony Brook. Studies with Julius Baker, Samuel Baron, Harold Bennett, Carmine Caruso, Marcel Moyse, and Jean Whiton.

Biographical Information:
Winner, Naumburg Chamber Music Award, 1984. Founding member, Aspen Wind Quintet, 1981-2001, performing more than 1,000 concerts throughout U.S., Europe, former Soviet Union, and North Africa. Creator-director, Aspen Wind Quintet and Kids Project. Commissioned wind quintets from Paquito D'Rivera, Ronald Roseman, David Sampson, Allen Shawn, Robert Ward, Frank Zappa, and others. Grant recipient: National Endowment for the Arts, N.Y. State Council on the Arts, Chamber Music America, Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Cary Trust. Festivals: Numus (Denmark), Kuhmo (Finland), and Algiers (Algeria). Principal flute, Concordia Chamber Orchestra, 1984-2002. Performances with American Symphony, P.D.Q. Bach, Long Island Philharmonic, others. Seminars and master classes at Juilliard, Hartt, Princeton, Stanford, Chautauqua, Beijing's Central Conservatory, Shenzhen Conservatory, Guangxi Arts College, National Conservatory of Algiers, Vilnius Conservatory, Aarhus Conservatory, Bennington Chamber Music Conference. Program director, 2008 Emerson Quartet International Chamber Music Workshop. Aspen Music Festival and School, artist-faculty since 1984, director of chamber music since 2004.

The Juilliard School:
Administrative director of chamber music, 2001-02; faculty and director of chamber music since 2002; administrator of Scholastic Distinction since 2002; co-coordinator of Colloquium 2003-2008; assistant dean since 2003; administrative director of mentoring 2002-2006; director of faculty mentoring 2006-2007; executive director of mentoring since 2008.