At age 50 I took up the drums. A year later I started in local concert bands, graduating to pro and semipro jam sessions, and now a dozen years later I'm teaching and playing around town. It's been a heck of a ride. 

(That's me in the picture drumming at Preservation Hall in New Orleans 2018 with my friends) 

So, after decades of teaching piano and performing a myriad of jobs in the entertainment business with the famous, infamous, hopeful, and hopeless I now share my joy of drumming with my students. 

Come join me.

Education:

1. Trained by some of the world's most accomplished drummers here in Toronto, and further afield in New Orleans, Rome Italy, Louisville Kentucky, and Poland. No kidding. Here is a list: Terry Clarke in Toronto, Gregory Hutchinson in Italy, Ali Jackson in Poland, Lowell Whitty in Toronto, Enrique Loyola in Toronto, Ed Soph in Kentucky, Steve Barnes in Kentucky, Jason Tiemann in Kentucky, Kevin Dempsey in Burlington, Hal Smith and Gerald French in New Orleans, and Tony Nesbitt-Larking in Toronto. Check them out on YouTube.  I still take weekly coaching online. 
2. Berklee College of Music, Boston, Bachelor of Music in Jazz Composition 
3. Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Music (ARCT) This is a music teaching diploma. I was a national award winner my graduating year, see below.
4. Adult learning certificate in 2020 from Francis Clark Institute. 
5. Online music teaching certificate in 2021 from the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Awards

1. Recipient of the Adelmo Melecci Scholarship, the Gordan Hallett Scholarship from the Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto and a Hamilton ORMTA Scholarship
2. ​Conservatory Canada National Masterclass Presenter 2010 London ON