Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Doctor of Musical Arts, Conducting, 1996
Dissertation: Banda Minichini: An Italian Band in America
Conducting Study with Frederik Prausnitz
Music Education Graduate Assistantship with Harlan Parker
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Master of Music, Trumpet Performance, 1989
Trumpet Teaching Assistantship with Cathy Leach
Conducting Study with Kirk Trevor
Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Bachelor of Music, Music Education, 1987
Bachelor of Music, Trumpet Performance, 1987
Trumpet Study with Wayne Cameron
Amherst Early Music Festival - Summer 2002 & 2003
Master Classes in Cornett with Kiri Tollaksen and 17th-Century Ensemble with Wim Becu.
Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute - Summer 2001 & 2002
Master Classes in Natural Trumpet with John Thiessen and Recorder with Rotem Gilbert.
Conductors Guild Workshop (New York Virtuosi) – May 1999
Master Classes and Coachings with David Epstein and Paul Vermel.
The Conductors Institute (Hartford, CT) – Summer 1992 & 1995
Conducting Study with Harold Farberman.
Conductors Guild Workshop (Eastman Wind Ensemble) – February 1992
Master Classes and Coachings with Frederick Fennell and Donald Hunsberger.
Aspen Music Festival (Aspen, CO) – Summer 1987 & 1988
Trumpet Study with Ray Mase; Chamber Music Coachings with Jan DeGaetani.