Education:

1992 Teachers College, Masters of Music

1975 Wesleyan University, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

David Diamond, composition teacher

Residencies:

2011 - Teaching Artist, Rehabilitation Through the Arts, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, Green Haven Correctional Facility

2021 - Board of Directors, Composers Now, Tania León, Artistic Director

2017-2019 Composer-in-Residence, Charis Chamber Singers, Arthur Sjögren, Artistic Director

2006-2011 Artist-in-Residence, Fir Acres summer writing workshop, a residential program of Bard Institute for Writing & Thinking held at Lewis & Clark College

2006-2013  Master Teacher, Metropolitan Opera Guild,  Member of Advisory Council, “Access Opera” 

1990-1991 Artist-in-Residence, A. MacArthur Barr School, Nanuet Public Schools, Nanuet, NY

Employment:

1992-2014  Music teacher, Nanuet Public Schools, A. MacArthur Barr Middle School and Nanuet High School. Pedagogy emphasizing a hands-on approach through composition, theory, song writing and musical theater production. Teacher of AP Music Theory at Nanuet H.S.

2011 Master Teacher, “Forging Vayera into Song” a song writing workshop creating song from Torah, Lasky Arts Retreat, Chicago Ill.

Film and Television Work:

Conch Shell Productions Composed and produced music for “I Married a Black Republican,” a film by Pat Golden.

John F. Ball productions. scored documentary films, “Basilica,” “Ad Multos Annos,” “Never Far From Home,” “The Lees of Stratford” (narrated by Jason Robards, Jr.)

“Red Thread,” and “Past” films by Duston Spear.

TNT Drama Wrote and produced music for “Dead on the Money,” starring Corbin Bernsen, John Glover and Amanda Pays, for Turner Broadcasting System.

Disney Channel Composed theme music for Disney series, “Animals in Action.”

Home Box Office Wrote and produced music for HBO special documentary “The Thirty Second Seduction.”

Feature Film Wrote and produced music for “Fall Break,” a Buddy Cooper Movie, distributed by Vestron.

PBS American Playhouse Wrote and produced music for “A Mistaken Charity,” starring Ann Pitoniak.

CBS Kraft Special Wrote and produced music for “The Lions of Etosha: King of the Beasts,” narrated by James Earl Jones.

PBS Dramatic Feature Wrote and produced music for “Hard Winter,” produced by Chiz Schultz.

Warner Brothers Composed and produced music for the Warner Bros. film “A Return to Salem’s Lot,” based on the characters of Stephen King, starring Michael Moriarty.

Hemdale Productions Composed and produced songs for “Perfect Strangers,” a film by Larry Cohen.

Docu Drama Composed and produced music for “Dream of Empire,” produced by Chiz Schultz for WQED Pittsburgh.

Documentaries Wrote and produced music for several short films including “Celebration,” “The New Spirit,” “To Build Dreams” produced by John F. Ball Productions.  Jason Robards, narrator.

Milestone Films Composed and produced music for “Losing Ground,” a film by Kathleen Collins.

The Emmy Awards for Sports Wrote and produced music for this nationally syndicated program. R.C. Entertainment, producer.

Hemdale Film Corporation Wrote and produced score for “Special Effects,” a film by Larry Cohen starring Eric Bogosian.

American Broadcasting Company Music director for “Aging in Venice” and “B’riha: Flight to Security” for ABC’s Directions. Arthur Zegart, producer.

Children’s Television Workshop Songwriter for Sesame Street: Among the titles, “I’ve Got a Feeling,” “Your Feet’s Just Right,” “Let’s Move Like the Animals,” “You’ll Never Cross Alone,” “The Fabulous Marching Handsign Band,” “Itchie Little Ritchie.”

Middlemarch Films Wrote and produced music for three short film for Sesame Street: “Printing,” “Painting a Pony” and “Carpentry.”

Feature Film Wrote and produced music for “The Cruz Bros. and Miss Malloy,” a film by Kathleen Collins.

Tales of the Unexpected Composed and produced music for several segments of this half-hour dramatic series: 

“A Woman’s Help,” starring Tony Fransciosa and Shirley Knight.

“The Gift of Beauty,” starring Carol Lynley

“Sauce for the Goose,” starring Gloria Grahame and Robert Morse

“Proxy,” starring Tommy Smothers and Patrick O’Neill

“In the Bag,” starring Edward Albert, Jr.  Bert Salzman, producer.

Dance:

State Ballet Company of Bulgaria Wrote and produced score for “Friendly Fire,” a ballet choreographed by Elsa Limbach for Ballet Arabesque of Sofia Bulgaria.

Incidents Physical Theater Composed “Guage I-IV” performed at Lincoln Center, Kinetic Danceworks, Charlotte, NC. “Pendulum” performed at Clark Studio Theater, Lincoln Center.