I apologize for the leave of absence I have taken with this site. This past year and a half has been one for the ages. I have graduated from the University of South Florida (once again) with a second Bachelors Degree. A Bachelors of Science in Music Education. I am currently working on getting certified [...]
I’m Back!!!!
I am officially an Alumnus of the University of South Florida!!!!
I graduated with my Bachelors of Music in Jazz Performance. (The only Undergrad receiving this degree this semester)
Right before I graduated I completed my Arrangement of Yardbird Suite for my Jazz Comp/Arranging Class. Talk about working under pressure. Note to self: do not procrastinate [...]
On Monday November 24th Saxophonist Harry Allen visited USF as part of the Monday Night Jazz held by the Jazz Department. Harry gave a master class along with UCF and fellow Rutgers Alum Jeff Rupert. His masterclass was insightful and very interesting. Harry is a musician that makes a living out of playing Jazz in [...]
I am now about to complete my last semester in school (next semester I will be in my internship) and I am becoming more and more frustrated with the way my education has gone thus far. I find myself in courses in which they tell us how to teach but never really show us (As [...]
The other night the USF Faculty Jazz Group performed with our guest artist Steve Allee. This was a great concert that featured much of Mr. Allee’s arrangements and originals. The group was spectacular and sounded the best I’ve ever heard them. I’ve been going to these concerts going on 5 years now and they never [...]
Every fall I begin school. Every fall baseball season is in a crescendo to the end, Football season is getting under way, College Football season is beginning as well, and the English Premier League Soccer season is in action. Not to mention the Olympics this past summer and the Euefa Championship. This sounds like heaven [...]
I wanted to talk about this a little bit today. I have been really thinking about this recently and have some theories (I say theories because I do not like speaking in absolutes). Friendship is a huge deal to me. I take who I call a friend very seriously and treasure them as if they [...]
