A native of El Paso, Texas, I attended Indiana University School of Music, where I earned a Bachelor of Music in Composition and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting. Returning to El Paso, I completed my Texas teacher certification, followed by doctoral studies at the University of Texas at Austin. I taught high school choir for thirty-two years in El Paso, Socorro, Houston, and Katy school districts.

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I have extensive experience in church music, from contemporary to high liturgical music. An accomplished accompanist on the piano, I also play organ and have taught private voice and piano lessons. Since retiring in 2015, I have been active as an accompanist and teacher, and am now returning to my roots as a composer.

 

My teachers include Bernhard Heiden, Juan Orrego-Salas, Alan Harler, Julius Herford, Morris Beachy, and Fiora Contino. My high school choirs consistently earned high ratings.

 

I now reside in Katy, Texas. I am on the Worship Ministry staff at Houston Second Baptist Church - West Campus, and I am an active accompanist for high school and junior high school choirs and soloists.