After high school he studied classical violin and new music at the California Institute of Arts with Yoko Matsuda, Alan deVerich and later Glenn Dicterow and Harold Ayres.

Quartet Music recorded four albums, received two NEA grants, was a member of the California Arts Council touring roster, and performed twice as soloists with the Milwaukee Symphony.

He has also performed in ensembles with bassist Mark Dresser (Banquet) and recorded with drummer Gregg Bendian (Bone Structure), and four CDs with Steuart Liebig (Quartetto Stig).

He performed on the 2000 Grammy Award winning CD Credo by Penderecki with the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus under conductor Helmuth Rilling.

He also worked in the Los Angeles studio scene on numerous movies and TV shows including soundtracks for almost every episode of the Star Trek series The Next Generation, Voyager and Deep Space Nine.