11/28/05

A native of Laurel, Mississippi, I received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Louisiana State University, where my teacher was Earnest Harrison. Other teachers included Louis Rosenblatt and Raymond Weaver. I have attended master classes of Richard Woodhams, Robert Bloom and Evelyn Rothwell.

I currently am principal oboist of the Granite State Opera, and also perform with the Cantabile Winds, a woodwind quintet.  I have held the position of principal oboist of the Nashua, Granite State, Cape Ann, Delaware and Lancaster Symphonies, Pennsylvania Opera Theater and OperaDelaware. I have performed as English hornist of the Reading and Baton Rouge Symphonies. I have also performed with many groups around New England and Philadelphia, such as the Boston Ballet, Orchestra of Indian Hill, Symphony by the Sea, Lexington Sinfonietta, Handel Society of Dartmouth, Harmonie (a woodwind octet), Portland and Springfield Symphonies, and Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra.

I have performed as a soloist with the Nashua, Granite State, Cape Ann, Delaware, and Lancaster Symphonies.   Solos performed include concerti by Albinoni, Bach, Bellini, Copland, Donizetti, Haydn, Hummel, Martinu, Mozart, R. Strauss, Telemann, and Vaughn Williams.

I have recorded Rossini’s opera “Zelmira” with Harmonie, and has also recorded with Native Tongues (Bonnie Insull, flute and Jose Lezcano, guitar) on their recording “Passports.”

I teach privately in Lexington, Massachusetts and in my home.

The picture below is of myself and my beloved late teacher, Earnest Harrison, taken in April of 2005.  Earnie died July 21, 2005.