master classes, lessons

*Primary teachers: Hilton Jones, David Conte, David Noon, composition; Robert Helps, piano.

*Single private lessons with composers Ladislav Kubik, Claudio Spies, Conrad Susa, and pianist Peggy Salkind.

*Select classroom professors: Nils Vigeland, Richard Danielpour, Elinor Armer, Laurette Goldberg, and Art Woodbury.

*Participated in a West African drumming master class in 1994 with Robert Levin, rhythms of Ghana. (MSM)

*Was one of four composers chosen for a master class given by Ned Rorem in 1994. (MSM)

*Student liaison for composer Elliot Carter for a master class at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 1993.