Caption : Music

Judging History
- 2009-present: music adjudicator for the Western Band Association

Teaching History
- 8 combined years as a winds and visual instructor from 1993 to 2008

- Private trumpet instructor since 1998

- Music arranger/designer from 2007 to present

Performing History
(in pageantry)

- Performed 4 years with Oak Grove High School marching band until 1993

- Performed in competitive tours with 2 world class drum and bugle corps, including an undefeated season, from 1993 to 1994

Music Education & degrees
SJSU - Baccalaureate Degree in Music Performance, Trumpet

UCLA - Graduate Certificate in Music Composition for Film and Television

USC - Masters Degree Music Performance

Other studies - graduate studies in trumpet performance at Purchase School of Music, studying under Graham Ashton and Jon Faddis; extensive counterpoint, orchestration, and composition training with private instructor