I began violin lessons at eight years old in Boston, Massachusetts, and started piano lessons a year later. I also grew up singing — first with my family, then in school choirs — so performing always felt like a natural part of life.

By my teens, I was playing music professionally after school and at night. At eighteen, I hitchhiked around the western United States and, somewhere along the way, was picked up by a working band. That turned into a full-time life in music, performing six nights a week and spending much of my twenties on the road.

At twenty-six, I decided that touring was not the life I wanted forever. I left the road and enrolled at the University of Idaho, where I earned a degree in music composition. That period gave me a more formal foundation for something I had already been doing for years — writing music.

Life eventually took me in another direction. In midlife, I entered the business world and spent about twenty years working in international business. Music never disappeared, but it was no longer my full-time profession.

After retiring from business and moving to Panamá, I returned to music full time.

Today, I write and record music every day in my home studio. My work ranges from peaceful piano and violin compositions to singer-songwriter pieces about life, relationships, and the experiences that stay with us. I still perform occasionally, but composition has become the center of my musical life.

My violin remains my first instrument and the one that feels most natural in my hands, while the piano has become an equally important part of my writing. I am especially drawn to melodic, expressive music that communicates clearly without needing to be complicated.

My recent work includes Roman Goddesses, a collection of twelve short solo piano pieces inspired by the personalities and stories of Roman goddesses. I also continue to write violin music, songs, and other instrumental pieces as ideas come along.

After a lifetime of playing, writing, performing, leaving music, and eventually returning to it, I have reached a point where I can simply make the music I want to make — and that is what I spend most of my days doing.