Coordinator of Jazz Studies / Full-time Professor at Univ. of Tulsa

It’s finally here. The day that I have often dreamt about but never imagined would come. I am the new Coordinator of Jazz Studies and Full-time professor at the University of Tulsa. it seems timing is everything. I never imagined I would live anywhere other than LA. Then COVID. So we relocated to my wife Afton’s home town of Tulsa. A beautiful city with an arts scene that is seeing quite the renaissance. Then I make fast friends with Danny Arthurs, head of Music Theory at TU, and he offers me a position to teach ear training as an adjunct. Then Dr. Vernon Howard, former Coordinator of Jazz Studies announces his retirement after an impressive tenure spanning decades. And the pieces kept falling into place and here we are. Mind you, there was very stiff competition from around the country, and I am so grateful to the committee, Dean of Music, Provost and President for selecting me for this auspicious appointment.