He was born in Idaho
and currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.He studied piano at the WhitworthCollege at Spokane
in Washington followed by the
University of Utah.He also won scholarships to sing in
the Spokane Symphony Chorus and the Spokane Bach Chorale and has gained
much operatic repetiteur experience through Opera Colorado and the Denver
Regional Metropolitan Opera.He is an accomplished concert pianist and has performed regularly as
an accompanist and a soloist with orchestras including the Utah Symphony
Orchestra and the Idaho State Civic Symphony.He has been the principal keyboardist for the Utah
Chamber Orchestra as well as being a contracted soloist for Ballet West for
8 years.He has recorded
soundtracks for film and TV, including many Merchant & Ivory
Productions.He is also
currently a pianist with the band Air Supply which he joined in December
1995 and also co-wrote their instrumental track "Once" with Graham
Russell.