Thank you for checking out my site! I am  a pianist, composer, educator, and liturgist. In 2016, I was given the opportunity to design and launch the Worship Arts Program  at Grace College. With experience as a professor and over 20 years of leadership in worship ministry, I am passionate about  preparing students for the multi-faceted role of shaping the spiritual lives of Christians in a local church context through liturgy.  As you will be hear, my musical tastes are eclectic; I don't like musical labels, but my music falls into contemporary sacred pieces for worship in different forms and improvised music in other forms. I enjoy acoustic and electronic instruments and many times will blur the lines between genres. 

I have had the pleasure of traveling  internationally as worship leader, musician, and educator. I earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, a Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology from Liberty University, and a Doctorate in Worship Studies from the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies. I am a member of Society of Ethnomusicologists (SEM) and the International Council of Ethnodoxologists (ICE).  

I will forever be grateful to God for my amazing wife Shana, and my 3 children, Graydon, Karissa, and Levi. We enjoy the journey of life together!