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AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS

Award of Special Distinction, Nissim Composition Competition (ASCAP), 2001.

Composer Assistance Grant, American Music Center/National Endowment for the Arts, 1985.

Eastman-Hanson Composition Prize for Palingenesis for flute & small orchestra, Eastman School of Music/American Institute of Music, 1984. ($5,000 Award)

Composer Fellowship Award, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 1984. ($3,000 Award)

Individual Grant-in-Aid (Composition), Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 1979 and 1983. ($3,000 Awards)

University of Toronto Open Doctoral Fellowship, 1975 – 1976.

First Prize for Suite for Flute and Harp, International Composition Competition sponsored by the Pittsburgh Flute Club, 1975. (Southern Music Publishing Co., 1976).

Honorable Mention for String Quartet No.1, 1985 International Composition Competition for String Quartet (Friday Morning Music Club, Washington, D.C.).

Student Composition Prize, Boston University, School for the Arts, 1971.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director of Music, St. John the Evangelist Parish, Hopkinton, MA (1991-2015)

Piano Instructor/Choral Director, Enter Stage Left Theater/Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA (2007-2020).

Lecturer in Music, Rhode Island College, Providence RI (graduate and undergraduate theory), 1986-1987.

Lecturer in Music, Providence College, Providence, RI (theory, history & literature, music appreciation, twentieth century music, class piano), Providence College (1978-1987)

Artist-in-Residence, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (Artists in Education program), 1984 – 1987.

Instructor in music theory, University of Rhode Island, 1984.

Instructor in music theory, University of Toronto, 1976 - 1977.

COMPOSITIONS

Include orchestral works, chamber and solo works, both choral and instrumental compositions; some focus on works for free-bass accordion (including solo and small chamber works and a concerto)

Recent Publications:
Hail Mary, Full of Grace for SATB voices and keyboard (World Library Publications)
Adoramus Te, Christe for SATB voices, unaccompanied (Oregon Catholic Press)
Ding Dong! Merrily on High for SATB voices and keyboard (Oregon Catholic Press)

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