degrees
-New England Conservatory, Master of Music, Third Stream Studies (1989)
-New England Conservatory, Bachelor of Music, Third Stream Studies (1987)
-Berklee College of Music, Arranging and Composition (1976)

private studies
-Composition and Theory with Avram David
-Improvisation/Aural Training with Ran Blake
-Jazz Guitar with Mick Goodrick
-Classical Guitar with Margaret Chaloff