MY EXPERIENCE

JUPITERFIRST CHURCH    1995 - Present

Minister of Music & Worship Arts

• ordained at JupiterFIRST Church since 2005
• Responsible for the overall worship experience.
  
• Able to lead worship from the piano, with a full band, orchestra, choir and praise team, or solo with a microphone, as well as delivering a sermon or message.
  
• Coordinates weekly with the ministerial staff to discuss scriptural references, sermon topics, and collaborates on ideas for weekly music and worship needs, as well as plans special projects and events.
  
• Composes arrangements of weekly music for thirty-person adult choir including, but not limited to, a four-piece band (piano, bass, drums and guitar) with monthly additions of a three-piece horn section (trumpet, saxophone, trombone) and string section (violin, viola, cello).
  
• Manages and rehearses choir and band weekly. Coordinates staff to assist and direct all aspects of worship.
  
• Composes orchestral arrangements for special events such as Christmas Eve, Easter Morning and concerts throughout the year. Rehearses and conducts all musicians and singers, and composes music/lyrics for special projects when commissioned.
  
• Directs all aspects of stage production including casting, character development, staging, movement and dance and possesses a complete knowledge of all technical aspects of a performance including soundboard, lighting and visual media.
  
• Leads Worship for Vacation Bible School
  
• Performs at Weddings and Funerals
  
• Administrative activities include managing calendar and email, organizing and recording past and future musical selections and arrangements, booking orchestral arrangements and other talent, maintaining musical licenses and organizing rehearsal selections and supporting material

 NOTABLE PERFORMANCES  1985 - 1995

• Purple Medallion Award Ceremony, performed for Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk and President Bill Clinton with the Philadelphia Orchestra
  
• President George H. W. Bush’s Inaugural Ball

STUDIO & STAGE PRODUCTION

 Co-owner of Theatrix, studio and stage production company. Theatrix received the Addy Award for Best Video. Productions include:

• BEETLEJUICE'S GRAVE YARD REVIEW at Universal Studios Florida
  
• FORT LIBERTY Show Attraction
  
• THE MARTIGRAS Show Attraction
  
• WILD BILL'S Show Attraction

 Collaboration and participation in other productions:  

• ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Live) - Orlando, FL
  
• A CHORUS LINE – Orlando, FL
  
• GODSPELL - St Petersburg, FL
  
• GODSPELL - Orlando, FL
  
• GYPSY - Adrian, MI
  
• SOUND OF MUSIC - Adrian, MI
  
• VISION - TV Documentary
  
• PAUL HOWARDS - Album
  
• THERE IS A SEASON - Album
  
• MAKE SWEET MELODY - Album
  
• SING MANY SONGS - Album
  

OPENING ACT PERFORMANCES

 Enjoyed the opportunity to perform as the opening act for celebrity sensations including:

• The Beach Boys, Bob Hope, Lee Greenwood, Maureen McGovern, The Temptations, The Coasters, The Diamonds, and The Jets
  

CONVENTIONS & INDUSTRIALS

Commissioned to perform for notable Fortune 500, non-profit organizations and private businesses including:

• AT&T, American Cancer Society, Arnold Palmer (Private Party), Associated General Contractors, Business Corp., Cadillac, Century 21 Realtors, Channel 9 Television (Orlando), Cigna Life Insurance Company, Edsel Ford II (Private Party), Florida Bar Association, Ford Motor Company, GTE, Kirschman Corporation, Little Caesars Pizza, MCI, Meeting Planners International, Mills Purina, National Safety Associates, Walt Disney World Investigators 
• Dean Witter: The Chairmen’s Club, London, Monaco, and San Juan
  
• Dean Witter: The President’s Club, Los Angeles and Palm Springs

 ROBERT E. WEBBER INSTITUTE FOR WORSHIP STUDIES       ORANGE PARK, FL   2013

 Masters of Worship Studies

The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies holds accredited status with the Commission on Accreditation of the Association for Biblical Higher Education:  ABHE 5850 T.G. Lee Blvd., Ste. 130 Orlando, FL 32822 (407) 207-0808 http://www.abhe.org/

 HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY              

Bachelor of Music Performance

 Cum Laude, Tau Mu Sigma, Tower Laureate

  MUSICAL PROFICIENCIES

Piano - all styles and abilities including:

• Classical, Rock, Gospel, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Country, Musical Theater, and Cocktail Piano
  
• Able to read lead sheets, traditional notation, as well as improvise and play by ear
• Vocals - Tenor, all styles and abilities, all Romance Languages, and Hebrew
  
• Guitar - rhythm
  
• Keyboards - all things MIDI
  
• Familiar with all instruments’ fingerings and ranges for orchestrating and arranging
  
• Composition - all styles both tonal and atonal
  
• Able to direct, communicate, and work with people of all abilities: from the formally trained orchestral musician, to the informally trained Rock/Pop artist, as well as the volunteer choir member and children of all ages.
  
• Hardware and software currently in use:
  
  • Logic Pro X - recording software
    
  • Waves - audio processing and production
    
  • Final Cut - video editing software (have a working knowledge)
    
  • Soundcraft k2 audio console
    
  1. dbx 1260m DSP
     
  • ETC Expression 3400 lighting console controlling:
    
    • Cyberlight Turbo Automated Luminaries, Chauve Moving Lights, fixed theatrical lighting and scrollers

• Happily married to Francie since 2001 with three children, Haley, Marin, and Levi
  
• Composed a One Act Opera for my wife’s and my wedding ceremony
  
• Enjoys running, swimming, Qigong, family, friends, and good conversation