Pivotal Events & People

1956 - good luck getting started on piano with a good teacher Diella Aamodt
1966 - good luck with inspiring high school band director Joe Fennie
1969 - good luck with inspiring theory and composition teacher Alvin King at Macalester
1971 - good luck with rock band “Tecumseh”
1974 - good luck being accepted for studies with Vic Firth at New England Conservatory
1977 - good luck starting new music ensemble “Zeitgeist”
1989 - good luck having drumset etudes books published by Neil A. Kjos Music Co.