Hi. I’m a professional classical/fingerstyle guitarist with decades of experience playing for all kinds of events – weddings, corporate functions, dinner parties, holiday banquets, etc. I've recently started a new endeavor, singing and playing songs, specializing in rock/folk music of the 1960's and 1970's. I would love to come play for you sometime! I'm a retired teacher and taught guitar at Bellaire High School for over 25 years! I live in Spring, Texas with my wife Kellie and our critters - Merlin the 17 year old cat and pups Cosmo and Luna.

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Here's a bunch of stuff I’ve done in my career. I don't really expect anyone to read all this. Long story short, I've made a lot of music!

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• 1995 Completed a Master of Music – Guitar Performance degree at UT Austin.

• 1992 Completed a Bachelor of Music – Guitar Performance degree at Texas State University (SWTSU).

• I co-directed the award winning guitar program at Bellaire High School from 1998-2025.  Student groups won 1st place at a statewide contest three years in a row (Hill Country Classical Guitar Ensemble Festival and Contest 2023, 2024, 2025). Students won countless UIL medals at regional and state contests, as well as four “Outstanding Soloist” awards.

• Played in most of the fine hotels and country clubs in the Houston area.

• Played at the Wortham Center, Jones Hall, Minute Maid Park, Astrodome, 1859 Ashton Villa, Miller Outdoor Theater, Rice University, University of Houston, etc.

• Performed for former President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara at the Museum of Fine Arts.

• Recorded a CD of lullabies with Juilliard trained soprano Hanan Alattar (aka Hana Bird) in 2011.

• Became an “orchestral” guitarist and played in many amazing productions:

  • Houston Grand Opera: “Falstaff” by Verdi (2005), “Don Pasquale” by Donizetti (2006), “Don Giovanni” by Mozart (2006), “Beatrice and Benedict” by Berlioz (2008), “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini (2011), “Showboat” by Kern (2013), “Don Giovanni” by Mozart (2013), “The Passenger” by Weinberg (American Premiere in Houston and New York premiere at the Lincoln Center Festival 2014), “Otello” by Verdi (2014), “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini (2018), “Don Giovanni” by Mozart (2019), “The Sound of Music” by Rogers and Hammerstein (2021), "Falstaff" by Verdi (2023), "Don Giovanni" by Mozart (2024), "The Sound of Music" (2024), "Breaking the Waves" by Missy Mazzoli (2025).

  • Houston Symphony: “Not the Messiah” by Monty Python’s Eric Idle and John DuPrez (2008), “Frankie Valli/Jersey Boys” (2008) “Music from The Blue Planet (BBC/Discovery series, 2009), “Music from The Lord of the Rings” (2011), “Pixar in Concert” (2013), “100 Years of Broadway” (2014), “Symphony 8” by Mahler (2014), “Distant Worlds:Final Fantasy Concert (featured soloist, 2018), “Fiesta Sinfonica – Music of Ernesto Lecuena” (2019).

 

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• 2019 Texas premiere of “Winter” by Eric Whitacre with Credo at St. Like’s UMC.

• 2019 Performed on electric and acoustic guitars in Rice University’s production of “Taking Up Serpents”, a new opera by Kamala Sankaram.

• 2017 Performed Howard Goodall’s oratorio “Every Purpose Under the Heaven” at Houston Baptist University.

• 2015 Performed in Rice University’s production of “The Barber of Seville”.

• 2014 Performed acoustic guitar for “Bluegrass Mass” by Carol Barnett at the 1st United Methodist Church in Conroe.

• 2012 Performed Anton Webern’s “Five Pieces, Opus 10” with Rice University’s Chamber Ensemble.

•  2012 Performed Vivaldi’s “Concerto in D” with the Rapides Symphony Orchestra (LA) while accompanying the Houston Ballet II.

• 2003 Performed Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Fantasia para un Gentilhombre” with the Houston Sinfonietta.

•  2000 Performed the world premiere of James Cohn’s “Entre dos Mundos”, opus 74 for clarinet and guitar with Dr.  Raphael Sanders at Stephen F. Austin State University.

•  Performed with many local ensembles such as Tapestry, Mosaic, the Bronze Ensemble, UH Chorale Artists, and the Texas Music Festival Orchestra.

• I’ve taught guitar at Houston Baptist University, San Jacinto College and College of the Mainland.

• 1996 I won a scholarship to study guitar in Rome with the Castellani/Andriaccio Duo.

• 1985 Played my prom with my high school rock band!

• 1979 I started taking guitar lessons.