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This is my 20th year teaching orchestra at
Einstein. Einstein has two orchestras: the Concert Orchestra
(7th grade) and the Symphony Orchestra (8th grade). I also
teach at Shorewood: Concert Orchestra (9th grade), Symphony
Orchestra (grades 10-12), and the Chamber Ensemble (by audition,
predominently juniors and seniors). In the past, I have also
taught elementary strings at Sunset, Syre, Highland Terrace,
Parkwood and Echo Lake.
I graduated from Washington State
University with a B.A. in Music, and from Indiana University
(Bloomington) with an M.M. in Viola Performance, "With
Highest Distinction". I had a 15 year professional career
before I started teaching, playing viola in professional orchestras
and string quartets in Germany, Italy and Luxembourg, as well as in
Richmond (VA), Charlotte (NC) and Sacramento (CA). I still
continue to free-lance throughout the region, and regularly perform
in summer music festivals in California and Oregon.
In my teaching career, I have been President of
Washington String Teachers (WASTA), Executive Board Member of
Washington Music Educators (WMEA), President of Sno-King Music
Educators and have been the Group Manager for several All-State and
All-Northwest Orchestras. My Shorewood orchestras have
performed in New York City (Carnegie Hall, twice), Florida, Hawaii,
California, Oregon and British Columbia. I am also a
conductor for the Cascade Youth Symphony.
My wife Diane and I have three children: Nick,
24, Ben, also 24, and Chelsea, 14. Diane is a mortgage banker
by profession, but is also a free-lance violinist. My main
spare time activity is reading, and I am an avid hiker and mountain
climber ( Mt. Rainier three times, Mt. St. Helens 17 times, also
Mt. Adams, Mt. Baker, Mt. Hood, Half Dome, Mt. Whitney, the
Wonderland Trail, among others). In June 2007, I climbed Mt.
Kilimanjaro, at 19,340', the highest point in Africa. I love
to travel; Diane and I have had several great vacations in Europe.
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