I could do this the easy way. Tell you that I’m from a tiny town in Pennsylvania where I began playing the trombone in elementary school. Studied with one very influential teacher, Jim Erdman, in high school. Attended the Eastman School of Music. Attended the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and Rice University with Novus, a […]

I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and its music and culture have been a great influence on my life. Another important force in my development as a musician has been my dad, Don, a great composer and pianist. At age five I began playing piano, composing, and improvising. At 10, I switched over to cello […]

I grew up in Goshen, Indiana, a land of cornfields and maple trees. I also grew up Mennonite, which, because instruments were not historically allowed in church services (too prideful), when it comes to making music meant a cappella, four-part hymn singing (you can’t beat it!) My parents forced me to take piano lessons for […]