The holder of a Master of Music degree (choral music education) from Arizona State University, an Honours Bachelor of Music degree (vocal performance) from Wilfrid Laurier University, and diplomas from the Royal Canadian College of Organists (RCCO) and the Western Ontario Conservatory of Music (now Conservatory Canada), he is well known in the region as an expressive and versatile tenor soloist in major choral works from Allegri to Zelenka.