I’m a musician living in Palouse, WA with my wife Dona, my son Peter, and my border collie Gracie. I compose, produce, and record music, and sometimes build musical instruments. I play many string instruments and styles of music. Besides my somewhat quirky guitar-playing, I also play Irish and North American fiddle music, piano, mandolin, banjo, al’ud, djembe, krar…
Currently I’m finishing my opera/musical "Cassandra," working on a new Potatohead CD, and getting up the gumption to record a gourd banjo CD. In Fall 2007 I received a commission to compose music for a devotional service being created by the Common Ministry at Washington State University and University of Idaho for people of no particular religion. The result, "Mosaic," was recorded in Spring of 2008 and the limited CD release is available only through this website. In Spring of 2006 I released a CD of music I have composed for Thomas Arthur called "Handmade." I’m also currently a member of a traditional Irish music band called “Potatohead,” which released a CD called "Palouse Irish" in 2005.
In the 1980’s I released two records on the Flying Fish label, "Mysterious Barricades" (1982) and "Ellipsis" (1984), the latter being with Seattle musicians William Pint and Robert Kotta. Besides performing for several years with William and Bob as “Ellipsis,” other groups that have performed my music include the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Chanticleer, the Pacific String Quartet, and the Northwest Chamber Orchestra.