About Me

design bio

My interest in design came out of a desire to create my own website. I began teaching myself HTML, CSS, and Javascript, and before I knew it, I realized I was doing an awful lot of work for just one site. However, I also found I really enjoyed what I was doing, and wished to pursue it further. For me, both web and graphic design represent a perfect balance between the creative and the logical. Primarily self-taught, my current skill set includes:

• XHTML / CSS
• PHP / mySQL
• JavaScript / AJAX
• XML
• Database Design

• Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
• Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Adobe Flash CS3 / Actionscript 3.0
• Adobe Illustrator CS3
• Adobe InDesign CS3

music bio

I began studying the piano at a very young age, and went on to earn my masters degree in music. Along the way, I've also picked up voice, guitar, and electric bass. While classically trained, my musical tastes run from classical to jazz to modern rock, though I'm usually pretty specific about the individual artists I like. When at the piano, however, I particularly enjoy playing Scarlatti, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, and Rachmaninoff. I am a theater veteran, and have music directed numerous productions, including Sweeney Todd, And the World Goes Round, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Sunday in the Park with George, for which I received an honorable mention for a Backstage West Garland Award. A member of the Chance Theater Company as well as the Music Teacher's Association of California, I have been teaching privately for 7 years, and draw inspiration from watching my students grow.

theater bio

Not always content to rest behind the scenes, I have also appeared onstage in a number of roles, including Jack Worthing (Ernest in Love), Marcus Lycus (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), and Agustin Magaldi (Evita). Overall, I'm a veteran of over thirty productions, and I love playing British roles, lounge singers, and smooth talkers in general. I'm currently a company member and music director at the Chance Theater, a rapidly growing theater company in Anaheim, named the "Best Small Theater" in Orange County by Orange Coast Magazine in 2008. We've also received accolades from MyFoxLA, Backstage West, the OC Register, and have had some of our production photos featured in American Theater Magazine. If you haven't seen a show yet, feel free to contact me. I may be able to provide you with discounted or even free tickets.

other stuff

Obviously, I love the arts, whether visual or performing, though I'm keenly interested in foreign languages as well. Actually, this fits in nicely with my other pursuits. I often relate music to language (the voice, after all, was one of the very first instruments), and of course, web programming is a language and an art form of it's own. At any rate, I'm constantly reading, listening to music, or watching films in French and Italian. I've also studied a little Russian and Korean, and I find I can read some Spanish. Other useless and random things about me:

• I was born in Omaha, NE, and I love college football.
• I have a pilot's license, but have not flown in a long time.
• The last film I saw that I would call outstanding was Pan's Labyrinth.
• When it comes to popular artists, Dean Martin, Peter Sellers, the Beatles, and David Bowie are among my favorites. But if you know who Serge Gainsbourg is, you'll score some points with me.