He was previously oboe professor at the University of Georgia, has performed throughout the Americas, Europe, and in Australia and can be heard on the ACA, Atlantic, Capricorn, and MSR Classics labels. His scholarship and research in performing arts, pedagogy, and recruitment and retention within higher education is published in articles, first editions and recordings appearing in four languages in over 200 library holdings worldwide. When not attending to Forum matters, he enjoys leisure time in New York with his wife and their two sons.