Born Phoenixvile, PA. Early interest in piano, age6,and composition age 11. Competing interest in science led to major in chemistry and B.S. Ursinus College,1941. Continued musical interest by attending Cape cod Institute of Music in summers; won a special award for disguished (musical) service to Ursinus. Entered MIT as major in chemistry, 1941, obtained Ph.D. (organic chemistry), 1946. In the meantime,studied composition with Walter Piston, Harvard, 1946. Worked in chemical research and teaching until '47; then entered Yale School of Music as major in compositiion. Received B.Mus. '48. Hired as theory-comp instructor at School of Music Syracuse U, '49. Returned to Yale School of Music, compositiion with Paul Hindemith, 1950-51. Received M.Mus. Rehired as Prof. of Theory and composition, School of Music, Syracuse University. During teaching years gave annual concerts of own works: Piano sonata, sonatas for violin, trumpet and trombone, brass ensamble, songs for soprano, tenor and string quartret,woodwind quintet, Symphony #1, complete opera (The Postponement), Concerto for Horn and Ensemble. Had String quartet #1 performed by Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music, and performed own Sonata for Two Flutes and Piano with same organiztiion. Was promoted to full professor and became chair of Theory-comp Department. In 1966 studied electronic music with Robert Moog and began The Electronic Studio of the Schol of Music, one of the first of its kind in the US. Started to compose and organize multimedia events involing electronic music, films, slides and live performance. These were presented as described in my Resume sectiion.
My multimedia events were presented in Syracuse, at SUNY in Albany, Cobbleskill, Oswego, qt Hobart William Smith College, Cornell Unversity, Elizabeth Town College; and in New York City at 5 of the Charlottle Moorman Festivals: the one on a river boat in NY Harbor, at Grand Central Station, Shea Stadium, at the Flloyd Bennet Airfield, and at the World Trade Center. Independent multimedia productiions were given at the Kitchen, at a Composers' Forum in the Donnel Library, and at Automation House in collaboration with video Artist, Aldo Tambellini.
In the late 60's I spent several seasons disc-jockeying a show of recorded contemporary music at station WAER in Syracuse, NY
In the early 60's I was awarded three separate residences at the Macdowell Colony.
Since my retirement in 1985, I have been occupied with building a home studio that incorporates both analog and digital electronic eequipment. It consists now, besides the analog equipmennt with which I formerly worked, 8 separate digital work stations, four digitals samplers ,many digital modules, a digital recorder, and a CD burner. My aim is to produce music of a wide variety of styles which would reflect those of the neoclassic, neoromantic, and twelvetone composers I have admired, and of the popular composers who have been influenced by these same people.