Assistant Professor of Trumpet, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Doctor of Arts in Music Performance and Pedagogy with secondary emphasis in Jazz Studies, University of Northern Colorado (ABD), Graduate Performer's Diploma, The Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, Master of Music, Howard University, Bachelor of Music, Southeastern Louisiana University. Commercial performances with the Coasters, Drifters, Vanessa Williams, K.D. Lang, John Legend, Fred Wesley, Bill Hughes, Benny Golson, Wallace Roney, Billy Taylor, Bill Piearce, Geri Allen and several others. Classical performances with The Capital City Symphony, The Greeley Philharmonic, The American Studio Orchestra, The Washington Chorus, The George Bridgetower Ensemble, The Loveland Choral Society Orchestra and University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Vesper Choir. Opera performances of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata and Maurice Ravel's L'enfant et les Sortilèges. Chamber performances with the Natural State Brass Band, Lyric Brass Quintet, National Capital Band of the Salvation Army, and the Peabody Conservatory Chamber Winds. Awards include the Diversity Recognition Award in Teaching, The Johns Hopkins University; Member of Downbeat Magazine's rated Best in the US College Graduate Level Classical Group. Performances abroad include China and Japan. Previously taught on the faculties of Howard University, Coppin State University, and The University of Northern Colorado. Teachers include Bryan DePoy, Josef Burgstaller, Edward Hoffman, Fred Irby III, and John Adler.