I am a composer, conductor, and musician with over eighteen years of professional experience who is committed to creating accessible yet meaningful music for media and live performance.

As a film composer, I created the score to the independent feature film All in Theory, and the independent short films Twinkletoes and Vegetables, the latter of which was selected for the 2006 Festival Internacional de Cortometraje de Bilbao, Zinebi 48. I have also created music for Wubbaweb and Byte Interactive, and my compositions have been performed in various venues in New York City.

My credits as a conductor and a musical director include the promotional concerts for the Sony Classical soundtrack to the Mike Leigh film Topsy-Turvy, a number of operettas in concert for the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of New York at Columbia Artists Hall in Manhattan, and a summer sing for the Westchester Oratorio Society. I’ve arranged music for the Brooklyn-based harp ensemble Tutti Harps and created synthesized orchestrations for two Broadway productions (Thoroughly Modern Millie and Flower Drum Song).

In another life, I was an opera singer with companies and productions that included The Pennsylvania Opera Theater, several American incarnations of The International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, an Off-Broadway production or two, and the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of New York at Columbia Artists Hall in Manhattan. I was also the soprano soloist/cantor for Holy Trinity Chapel in Greenwich Village for a number of years, and otherwise have cantored, soloed, and played classical guitar in churches in New York City, Philadelphia, and New Jersey.

As an instrumental musician, I’m an eclectic polyglot. I’ve performed as a classical guitarist and pianist in a number of venues throughout the Mid-Atlantic area, and spent two years playing domra and other instruments in a balalaika orchestra. In 2003, I made my Carnegie Hall debut on mallet percussion and timpani with the New York City Big Apple Corps and the New York City Gay Men's Chorus.

Some of my more tangential experience has included writing liner notes for two of Sony Classical’s releases (The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan and Topsy-Turvy), editing scripts for the late James Goldman, and writing music reviews and articles for various websites and print publications.

I hold an undergraduate degree in English and music theory from the University of Pennsylvania, and a graduate degree in vocal performance from New York University. I also pursued several years of post-graduate studies in film scoring, composition, conducting, and jazz piano at the Mannes College of Music, and once upon a time had a short stint as a Muppeteer trainee at the Jim Henson Company in New York City.

I am currently the Educational Director for Cherry Lane Music Publishing and the Director of Music for the fledgling children's web-based entertainment and animation company Wubbaweb.

I am a proud member of ASCAP as both a writer and a publisher (Little Masked Bandit Productions), the Screen Actors Guild, and Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Fraternity.