- San Jose State University BA with distinction in Music 1980
- California Institute of the Arts MFA in World Music and Percussion 1985
- Director of Percussion and Jazz Studies University of Wisconsin Platteville 1997 - 2010
- Digital Music Production UTSA 2018 - 22
- Percussion Instructor UIW 2011 - 23
- Percussion Instructor St. Mary's University 2011 - 23
- Percussion Instructor Alamo Colleges 2012 - 23
- San Jose Civic Light Opera
- San Jose Symphony
- San Jose Jazz Festival
- Opryland USA
- Concord Jazz Festival
- Dubuque Symphony Orchestra
- San Antonio Symphony
- Jazz Meets Classical Series
- San Francisco International Drum Festival
- Iowa City Jazz Festival
- San Antonio Jazz Orchestra
Caploe Brothers Album release 9/23
Percussive Arts Society
Gardening and travel
President of Wisconsin Percussive Arts Society
Percussion lessons