Private Instruction
Jazz Improvisation
Adult jazz Combo
Master of Music Degree, Violin Performance, Yale University (1989)
Bachelor of Liberal Arts Degree, with a Violin Performance Major, DePauw University (1987)
Significant teachers/mentors include:
Sydney Harth - Yale, 1987-1989
Tokyo String Quartet (Chamber Music) - Yale, 1987-1989
David Taylor - CSO, 1990-1991
Alber Igolvnikov - CSO, 1991-1994
Recordings:
Blue Violin, James Sanders Quartet—reached Top 50 airplay chart
Live in Little Village, Conjunto
Chicago Sessions, Conjunto
One Voice, New Quartet
NQ + (x), New Quartet
Caravan, Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan
Poecia, Hard Art Groop
Wild is the Wind, Dee Alexander
Let It Come Down, Smashing Pumpkins
Morning Sun/Harvest Moon, Harrison Bankhead Sextet
Be Consistent - Be Patient - Pay Attention
Conjunto (Latin Jazz Ensemble): founder and leader since 2001
—headlined at Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park
Doug Lofstrom and The New Quartet since 2001
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre since 2005
Harrison Bankhead Sextet since 2011
Blue Violin Quartet: founder and leader since 2012
Dark Matter String Band since 2017
Chicago Sinfonietta/Joffrey Ballet Orchestra: 1st Violin section since 1994
Chicago Philharmonic/Ravinia Festival Orchestra 1993-2005
New Black Music Repertory Ensemble since 2000
Fulcrum Point New Music Project since 2005
Chicago Sinfonietta: soloist on Chris Brubeck’s Interplay for Three Violins and Orchestra”
Interests/hobbies outside of music
Bike riding, weight lifting, art, philosophy
"A free thinker who is expanding the possibilities of the violin." Chicago Tribune