I'm a classical music composer. I was born in the US, but moved to Canada later in life. I started out my career as a student composer at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where my teachers included Joel Hoffman and Jonathan Kramer. My first Graduate degree was at Cambridge University, where I studied with Alexander Goehr. After returning to the US, I initially went to the Eastman School of Music, but left before finishing my Doctorate degree. I worked in technology for a couple of decades, but couldn't resist the urge to complete the Doctoral degree, but have undertaken it at the University of British Columbia, where my teachers have included Keith Hamel, Jennifer Butler and Dorothy Chang. It's been a long and winding road toward life as a full-time composer, but I feel that I've had a chance to explore a lot of the world (in and out of music) and now I'm hoping there's still time to write some good music before I'm gone.

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