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Master of Music, Double Bass Performance, 1996
The Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Principal instructors: Gary Karr and Robert Black
Artist Diploma, Double Bass Performance, 1993
The Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Principal instructors: Gary Karr, Diana Gannett, and Mark Morton
Bachelor of Music (high honors), Double Bass Performance, 1989
Ankara State Conservatory, University of Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey
Principal instructor: Tahir Sumer
Additional Studies – Master Classes and Coachings
Coaching with Michael Lankester, 2000; Music Director, Hartford Symphony Orchestra; Hartford, CT
Private lesson with Edwin Barker; 1998; Principal Bass, Boston Symphony Orchestra; Boston, MA
Master class with Eugene Drucker; 1995; Violinist, Founding member of Emerson String Quartet; West Hartford, CT, University of Hartford, The Hartt School of Music
Private lesson with Lawrence Angell; 1995; Former Principal Bass, Cleveland Orchestra; Cleveland, OH
Master class with Edgar Meyer, 1995; Double Bass soloist
West Hartford, CT, University of Hartford, The Hartt School of Music
Master class with David Finckel; 1994; Cellist, Emerson String Quartet
West Hartford, CT, University of Hartford, The Hartt School of Music
Master class with Paul Erhard; 1993; Double Bass Professor, University
of Colorado
West Hartford, CT, University of Hartford, The Hartt School of Music
Master class with Frantisek Posta, 1990; Czech Double Bass soloist
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Master class with Rodion Azarkhin, 1989; Russian Double Bass soloist
Izmir State Conservatory, Izmir, Turkey
Master class with Massimo Giorgi, 1988; Double Bass soloist
Ankara State Conservatory, Ankara, Turkey
Master class with Franco Petracchi, 1987; Double Bass soloist
Sermoneta Summer Courses, Semoneta, Italy
Master class with Gary Karr, 1987; Double Bass soloist
Sermoneta Summer Courses, Sermoneta, Italy
Master class with Ludwig Streicher, 1987; Double Bass soloist and Professor at Hochschule für Musik in Vienna; Riva Summer Courses, Riva del Garda, Italy
