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Experienced teacher, percussionist, drummer, and school administrator with experience in four outstanding suburban school districts. Honored to have played in orchestras behind Renee Fleming, Yo Yo Ma, Paul, McCartney, Maureen McGovern, Metallica, the Moody Blues, Andre Previn, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, James Taylor, the Paul Taylor Dance Company and as an orchestra substitute for four Broadway musicals. Currently, I freelance as a musician with the Orchestra of St. Lukes, the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Peters by the Sea, and I work as a part-time percussion teacher at the Montclair Kimberley Academy.