BMus California State University San Francisco 1972; MM, DMA University of Texas Austin 1975, 1981; Performers Certificate, Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik Munchen 1979; GCFP Southern California Movement Institute, 2005; RYA Yandara Institute 2006
Director of Strings, Ottobrunner Jugendumusikschule; San Francisco Conservatory; University of Notre Dame; Catholic University (Santiago, Chile); Adamant Summer Chamber Music Workshop; Southwest Texas State University; Curso Internacional de Cadiz, Lake Placid Institute
Violin, viola, chamber music, Africana/Latin American Studies
Contemporary violin-viola repertoire of Spain and Latin America, compositions of 19th and 20th century Spain
Somatic education for musicians and other performing artists
A Bibliographic Guide to Spanish Music for Violin and Viola 1900-97 (Greenwood Press), certified instructor of Hatha Yoga, author of articles on relation of movement to expression
The Music for Violin/Viola by Amy Beach, (Centaur Records)
String Music of Dexter Morrill (Capstone)
Echoes (Centaur) (to be released fall 2009)
Founder and Director, Chenango Summer MusicFest 1997-2009
Numerous young artist awards
Juan Morales Prize (Madrid) for research and performance of contemporary Spanish music
First prize, concerto competition, "Juenge Kuenstler" for the state of Bavaria
Grant from the Joint Committee for Economic and Cultural Exchange of the Spanish Government for research/performance of Spanish music
Fulbright grantee to study violin in Germany
Fulbright Post-doctoral Research Award for research in Spanish music
Fulbright invited professor, Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile
USIA Cultural Specialist to South America
Guest professor, Fundacion Andes, Chile 1994, 1997, 2001
Columbia College Center for Black Music Reseach "Perkinson Fellow" 2006
Guest violist, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Lydian String Quartet
Colgate University Presidental Scholar 2004-2006
Recordings: The Violin and Viola Music of Amy Beach (Centaur Records, 1997), Music for Strings by Dexter Morrill (Capstone Records, 1997), Echoes : Music of Spain, African and the Americas for viola and piano (Centaur Records, 2009 release)
Numerous recitals on radio and television and as a soloist with groups such as the Munich Chamber Orchestra in both Europe and the United States, including a 1989 debut in New York's Carnegie Hall
Guest concertmaster, Utica Symphony and Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Trio "Ciudad de Sevilla" 1988-91 (performances throughout Europe and Africa)
Concertmaster, South Bend Symphony Orchestra 1983-88
First violin, Nordeutsche Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester 1981-83
Concertmaster-soloist, Munich Chamber Orchestra 1978-81
Founder, director, Chenango Summer MusicFest 1997 - 2009, Retiro Contulmo (Chile) 2003
Viola coach, National Youth Orchestra of Spain 2000-2002
Solo tours in Spain, South America, US and Mexico 2000-2009
Klugherz-Timmons duo recitals France, Alaska, Pacific Northwest 2000-2009
Solo and Chamber music recitals throughout Latin America 1999-2009