About
I teach bassoon, soundpainting, and chamber music at the Oberlin Conservatory and the Round Top Music Festival. My teaching balances a focus on the refined fundamentals, practice techniques, and reed making needed for an orchestral career, while also emphasizing personal growth and creativity needed for a successful modern arts career.
You can check out my teaching, bassoon, and soundpainting on my youtube and instagram.
I have previously taught at DePaul University, and played with orchestras including the Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Milwaukee Symphony, Grant Park Orchestra, New Orleans Philharmonic, Houston Grand Opera, and Chicago Civic Orchestra.
I studied Soundpainting with Walter Thompson and Eric Chapelle, and have studied bassoon with George Sakakeeny at Oberlin, Bill Buchman at DePaul, Richard Beene at Colburn.Bassoons I have recorded on include Heckel #10058, Fox 601 #33375, Bell #30, Heckel #7000, Heckel #9498, Heckel 12112, and now Bell #234.In my personal life I enjoy disc golf, being healthy, and learning about new technology.
Student Accomplishments
I'm lucky to have worked with so many wonderful people.
Oberlin has one of the top bassoon studios in the country for winning auditions, competitions, and graduate school placements, but I'm just as proud of all of the people who became writers, doctors, accountants, improvisers, visual artists, arts managers, chemists, and conductors!
Scale and Longtones Guide
Reed class live
Learn the fundamentals of bassoon reed making through real life scenarios
