: About Me

When I tell my friends that I enjoy writing, most of them just assume I am talking about composing music. After all, music has been the primary love of the majority of my life, from elementary school, to college, to career.  But writing has always come rather naturally to me as well.  Heck, I used to get multiple emails every week from friends in college who would ask me to proofread papers for them.  So now that I have a real nine-to-five job, I've found it liberating to get back to writing when the urge compels me.  In many ways, writing reminds me of composing music or even improvising jazz.  It's pure creation, but never completely unbridled.  There is always a system.  Just as in music, there is structure in writing, and adhering to a structure while maintaining a unique voice is a challenge I always look forward to.

I currently live in the Pittsburgh area with my two cats Stravinsky (Vinnie) and Shostakovitch (Shasta), and you can routinely find me performing with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as a member of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.

My passion is ...

classical music

I know too much about ...

psychology

My parents always told me ...

to never tell a lie

My childhood ambition ...

changed every day

My favorite memory ...

summers with my best friends

Why I write ...

so people can see the world through my perspective

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

John Adams - Hallelujah Junction/Football!/John Adams - Grand Pianola Music

My first job ...

mechanic at the local bowling alley.

My best moment ...

my debut with the Mendelssohn Choir and the PSO

My inspiration ...

you

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