Band Faculty

Hello! I teach instrumental music at The Skokie School and The Carleton Washburne School. I live in Chicago with my partner, Liliana, and our two cats, Tina and Jerry. My original home town is Schaumburg, Illinois. My teaching experiences began by long-term substitute teaching 6-8th Band and Orchestra at Edgewood Middle School in Highland Park, and prior to coming to District #36, I created and taught a technology-intensive K-4th Modern Music curriculum, 5-8th Band, and other middle school electives such as The History of Hip-Hop, Ukulele, and Improvisation Ensemble at a non-profit charter school called CICS West Belden located in Chicago’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood. I studied at DePaul University School of Music, Bachelor of Music in Education (2018).

Hello! I teach instrumental music at The Skokie School and The Carleton Washburne School. We work together exploring musical instruments and learning how music works from the inside out. I live with my wife Devon in Glencoe, where she appreciates that I practice my French Horn at school. My original home town is Fairfax, Vermont. I have taught High School and Middle School at Westtown School in Pennsylvania, and rebuilt music programs in Thornton Fractional North High School,  Lincoln Elementary School, and Burnham Elementary School in Calumet City, Illinois. I studied at
Oberlin Conservatory, Bachelor of Music in Horn Performance and Music Education (1989,1990)
Northwestern University, Master of Music (1994), Post-Graduate Study (1999-2008)
WestChester University, Philosophy