After graduating from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music with Bachelors degrees in Biology and Jazz Double Bass Performance, I returned home to Manhattan’s Upper West Side to perform music and teach elementary school music.
While my principal instrument is the double bass, I also sing and play accordion, bass guitar, Venezuelan cuatro, guitar, and piano.
Several years as the house bassist for the Cotton Club All-Stars gave me a firm foundation in swing.
Playing with Son Amigos, I was tutored in Cuban music by Jose Luis Martinez, founding member of Cuba’s Los Van Van.
As a member of Los Acustilocos, I was schooled in Venezuelan music by Roberto Fuentes, former director of Venezuela’s famed musical theater comedy group, La Alpargata Cantorum.
I traveled to the Bahamas, Key West, Norway and Germany as a musician on Canaveral ('99) and Color LIne Cruises ('05).
Now I teach and perform in public and private schools all over NYC through the non-profit LEAP (Learning through an Expanded Arts Program). I also play at restaurants, clubs, parties and weddings.