He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Choral Music Education with an emphasis in Choral Conducting at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. He earned a M.M. in choral conducting from Florida State and a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Piano Performance from Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN. His choral works are published with Hinshaw Music and GIA Publications. He is also a proud member of the American Choral Directors’ Association (ACDA), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM), American Guild of Organists (AGO), and Chorus America