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Master of Music, Northwestern University, Evanston Ill. May 1982
Concentration: Theory and Composition

Bachelor of Music, DePaul University, Chicago Ill. May 1981
Concentration: Theory , Composition, and Piano

Extensive study of African music with Mamadou Ly of the Senegalese National Dance Company, and Karamo Sabally of Gambia West Africa 1983-1987  

1987-96 Leader, composer, pianist of African jazz group Mamma Tongue which has performed in Europe and North America. Engagements include Montreal Jazz Festival, Ottawa Jazz Festival, The Maine Festival, Lincoln Center and Sounds of Brazil in New York City.

1993 Appeared as pianist in original solo and chamber pieces in ŒAn Evening with John McDowell¹ at the Alternative Museum in New York City.

1983-93 Performed regularly as free-lance musician in Chicago, San Francisco, London, and Amsterdam with artists including jazz artists Bob Moses and Stan Strickland, and Roger McGuinn of the Byrds.

1989 Performed as solo drummer and percussionist for the Bates College award winning production of Madea, and in the Festival Theater production of The Song of the Lusitanian Bogey.

1983-87 Appeared as /composer/musician with Netherlands dance companies: Ensemble Ensemble, Krisztina de Chatel Dance, Intro- Dans, WerkCentrum Dans, Wilde Rozen, in performances throughout the Netherlands, Belgium, and England.