Some Favorite Career Highlights & Memories

As a teenager hanging out at recording sessions with Julien ‘Cannonball’ Adderley, Olga James, George Duke and Lou Rawls. Cannonball was a real inspiration for me as a human being and musician.

My first tour of Asia performing in Thailand, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Singapore and Japan. The group ‘The Letterman’ was a classic ‘Vocal Pop Band’ from the 1950’s that wasn’t so exciting for me as I was a big ‘Queen’ Fan at the time but I was young, had never traveled internationally before and I was excited to do so. In Japan we performed sixteen concerts in thirteen cities in fourteen days. The first day of the tour I tried sushi for the first time and didn’t like it. Fourteen days later I loved it.

Touring United States with Theater Arts International‘s production of ‘The Christmas Box’. I was hired as music director and keyboardist.

Touring the US with the Richard Sheldon’s ‘Opera à la Carte performing Pirates of Penzance and H.M.S. Pinafore. Traveling on a bus with fifty singers and musicians for six weeks. I was hired as a tenor chorus member for this gig. I danced and sang across America with fifty other singer / actors. IWild times to say the least.

One of ten pianist chosen internationally to perform in the Academy of London, Johanna Hodges piano competition. Oh the pressure.

During this period I performed an all Chopin recital including the B minor sonata and the Twelve etudes Op.10.

Touring United States with four grand pianos as a member of Columbia Artists ‘Hambro Quartet of Pianos’. Hambro was the pianist for the New York for six seasons. The stories he had to tell were fascinating.

Performing at the Chrystal Cathedral In Orange County, Los Angeles with the Hambro Quartet of Pianos which was televised internationally.

Performing in Austria accompanying opera singer Ute Gfrere and hiking and swimming in the Austrian outback between concerts. A real “The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Music” experience.

Performing a solo piano recital in Spittal, Austria’s 15th century castle ‘Schloss Porcia’ in a program of ‘All American’ composers.

Performing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue’ in Madison Wisconsin in the same hall Gershwin had performed it.

Performing in Session Noord Holland, Piano Academy in Alkmaar, Holland and receiving special acknowledgement from Marie-Françoise Bucquet of the Paris Conservatoire for my performance of Stravinsky’s ‘Trois Mouvements de Petroushka’.

Performing a private recital for pop music superstar Janet Jackson and her mother on the occasion of her mother’s birthday.

Performed Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for Roland Corporation at the Los Angeles NAMM Show

Arranged and performed numerous musical selections for the ‘Jane Fonda Exercise Video’ which was the top selling VHS tape of all time.

Participating in recording sessions over the years for and with so many wonderful people including Danny Elfman, Donna Summer, Jane Fonda, and Grammy Award winning songwriters Skip Scarsborough and Lamont Dozier.

Performing as vocal soloist and choir member for two seasons with the delightful Los Angeles based Angel City Choral directed by Sue Fink.

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Quelques Souvenirs de Carrière Préférés

Tournée Américaine avec quatre pianos à queue en tant que membre du 'Hambro Quartet of Pianos' de Columbia Artists.

Ma première tournée internationale avec ‘The Lettermen’.

Tournée Américaine avec un casting superbe dans la production de "The Christmas Box" de Theatre Arts International 

Tournée en Amérique avec ‘L’Opéra à la Carte’ de Richard Sheldon interprétant Pirates of Penzance et H.M.S. Tablier.

Se produisant à l'Académie de Londres, Concours de Piano Johanna Hodges.

Exécution d'un récital entièrement Chopin comprenant la Sonate en si mineur et les Douze Études op. 10.

Se produisant à la Chrystal Cathedral avec ‘Le Hambro Quartet of Pianos qui a été télévisé internationalement.

Concerts en Autriche avec la chanteuse d'opéra Ute Gfrere, randonnées et baignades dans l'arrière-pays Autrichien.

Un récital de piano solo à Spittal, le château Autrichien ‘Schloss Porcia’ interprétant un programme de compositeurs Americain.

Interpréter la Rhapsody in Blue de Gershwin à Madison Wisconsin dans la salle que Gershwin avait interprétée lui-même. 

J'ai joué à Session Noord Holland, Piano Academy à Alkmaar, Hollande et j'ai reçu une reconnaissance spéciale de Marie-Françoise Bucquet du Conservatoire de Paris pour mon interprétation des "Trois Mouvements de Petroushka" de Stravinsky.

Participer à des sessions d'enregistrement au fil des ans. Certains favoris incluent Danny Elfman, Donna Summer, Jane Fonda et les auteurs-compositeurs primés aux Grammy Awards Skip Scarsborough et Lamont Dozier.

Deux saisons avec le formidable ‘Angel City Choral’ basé à Los Angeles dirigé par Sue Fink.