Born in Cleveland, Ohio (U.S.A.) in 1939.

Studies in Vienna with Karl Schiske, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Private studies with Adolf Weiss and Ernst Krenek. Concert organizer in San Francisco (Composers’ Forum, Mills College Performing Group and Tape Music Center, BYOP Concerts). Has written and lectured on new music in the U.S.A. and Europe.

Has received commissions from the National Endowment for the Arts, the San Francisco Symphony, and other organizations. Guest composer of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) in Berlin, 1975-77. Currently lives in Houston. 

His music is published by Salabert / Universal Classical Music. 

Weft (1982)
for 6 drummers playing timpani, tenir drum & bass drum
Editions Salabert - On hire 

Solar one (1985) 
for flute & trompet
Editions Salabert - On hire 

A Cool Glow of Radiation (1966)
for flute & electronic sounds 
Editions Salabert - On hire