Currently I serve as the coordinator of music theory at Duquesne University. I've taught the entire undergraduate music theory and aural skills curriculum many times over, at several different instutitions including Temple University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, Cornell University, and Duquesne University. My approach combines rigorous attention to fundamental skills, counterpoint, harmony, solfege, scheme theory, set theory, and Riemannian theory, with balanced focus on classical composers and underrepresented creators and genres.
I also teach more focused seminars on 18th century counterpoint, classical form, advanced harmony, post-tonal theory, and rhythm/meter.
For many years I taught violin and viola in private studios. I have been invited to serve on the teaching faculty of national and international festivals, including the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute in Toronto, Canada and the Hawai`i Performing Arts Festival in Waimea, Hawai`i (Big Island).
From 2017 until 2025, I directed a student baroque ensemble called "The Duke's Music". We performed on historical instruments, often from first editions or manuscripts. The band had variable instrumentation and rehearsed weekly. I produced one major performance every semester, concluding with a fantastic performance of J. S. Bach's Coffee Cantata.. I'll post all of the programs here shortly!
As pedagogy is an ever-evolving field, I've recently taught much music theory within a makerspace setting. You can learn more about this in the "soundLab" part of this web site. Some of the tools I've created to help teach in this way include Semita, a free package of Max/MSP patches for teaching post-tonal theory and algorithmic composition. It requires the Bach/Cage libraries for Max/MSP.