Elder Care & Healing Arts

• 41 years as a professional musician in a wide variety of settings

• 14 years of experience and more than 600 shows and events in:

  • Senior Independent Living, Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing, Memory Care, Hospice, Neurology, and Nephrology Facilities (including activities specifically crafted for Alzheimer’s and Memory Care patients)

• Over 600 hours of Palliative Care bedside music experience

• 10 years as Musician in Residence for Reno Foundation Healing

• Arts Program

• 8 years and over 40 shows with Seniors as Director of the Senior

• Music Workshop for the City of Reno Senior Services

• Artist for the Sierra Arts Elder Care Concert Series

• National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpiece Grant Recipient for “Evolution of the Blues” Show

• Program director and/or grant recipient for over 25 Nevada Arts Council and Sierra Arts Grants, including:

  • Nevada Arts Council Arts in Education Grant Recipient

  • Sierra Arts Artist Grant Recipient

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• Nevada Arts Council Rostered Artist

• Comprehensive and flexible musical skills on:

  • Piano, keyboards, guitar, mandolin. flute, percussion and vocal

• More than 30 hours of eclectic memorized repertoire with a special emphasis on the American Songbook from 1926-1956, vintage country, folk, blues and Americana

• Fluid improvisation in a variety of traditional styles

• High quality musical gear:

  • Instruments and PA systems for up to 400 person venues

• Lightweight portable keyboards and acoustic instruments for bedside settings

• Magna Cum Laude Bachelors of Music Degree in Piano Performance

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