Me, my voice, and my piano. And lately my wife Carrie, her voice, and her guitar.
Influences
Mrs. Melanie Rost (taught me to improvise and transcribed my first compositions.) Dr. Edwin T. Childs (taught me everything else I know.)
Ken Medema. Fernando Ortega. Marty Goetz. Graham Kendrick. Michael Card. John Michael Talbot. Keith Green. Stuart Dauermann. Fred Rogers. Johnny Costa. Carrie Pazdziora.
Morten Lauridsen. Ralph Vaughan Williams. Sir Malcolm Arnold. Olivier Messiaen. Chopin. Handel. Bach. Mozart. Beethoven. Ravel.
Sounds Like
I don't think I sound like anybody else. Others disagree and choose one or more of the names from the "Influences" list. Make your own decision.
I started playing the piano shortly after I could reach the keys. I started writing songs shortly after I started playing the piano. I started performing shortly after I started writing songs. Then I went on and got a degree in it. Somewhere in between that I managed to do music ministry in lots of churches, get compositions played all over the place, and get married to my beautiful Carrie.
My orchestral composition "Fanfare: Cum Laetitia Magna" was a winner in the DuPage Symphony Orchestra "Fanfare for our Fiftieth" contest a while back. I've also composed music for orchestras, choirs, string ensembles, film scores, theater, and CDs. I've even had a couple of pieces broadcast nationally on Moody Radio. The rest might be history one day; who knows?
