He comes from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music in Ohio, where he was a member of the woodwind faculty. His other professional experience includes memberships in the American Chamber Winds, Florida Chamber Players and the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra. He is completing his doctorate degree in musical arts with an emphasis in oboe performance through the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. He has a bachelor’s degree in music performance with an emphasis in clarinet and saxophone from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and master’s degrees in music with an emphasis in multiple woodwind performance and pedagogy from the University of North Carolina Greensboro and in music with an emphasis in oboe performance from the University of Florida.