Started taking organ lessons in 4th grade through Gimbels Department store in North Hills, Pennsylvania. The day his parents and him decided to buy their first organ instead of a piano. Next, He studied with Mary Sundholm from Avalon before becoming the Organist at Sacred Heart Church in Emsworth, Pennsylvania for 7 years. He then majored in Pipe Organ under Drs. Beikman and Lord at the University of Pittsburgh.
