• D.M.A. Eastman School of Music (piano)
• M.M. New England Conservatory of Music (piano)
• B.M. Manhattanville College (piano)
• Additional studies at Manhattan School of Music, Columbia University
• Piano studies with David Burge, Artur Balsam, Joseph Seiger, Leon Kushner
• Chamber music studies with Leonard Shure, members of the Cleveland Quartet, Jan de Gaetani, Heidi Castleman
• Developed piano programs in New Jersey music schools
• Awarded NY Teacher of the Year Prize from David Dinkins (1991)
• Faculty positions at Thurnauer School of Music, Rockland Conservatory and Sylvan Academy of Music
• Active recitalist and teacher

• Attended Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory
• Additional studies at Ohio State University and Akron University
• Tours and recordings as pianist and composer / arranger in residence with Billy Hart, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Swallow and Carla Bley
• Festival performances with Paul McCandless, Ahmad Jamal and McCoy Tyner
• Opening pianist, Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Concert, The Blue Note (NYC)
• Guest lecturer in Jazz Studies at Julliard School and Wheaton College (MA)
• Pianist and commissioned composer, Creative Opportunity Orchestra (a 13-piece band based in Austin, TX, led by vocalist Tina Marsh)
• CD recordings on CreOp and Nine Winds labels
• Featured composer and pianist, along with Muhal Richard Abrams and Jack Walrath, for Discovery Orchestra
• Faculty positions at Turtle Bay Music School of Music, Rockland Conservatory, and Thurnauer School of Music

• Studied with contemporary pianist Tommy Taylor in New York, Eugene Uman and Harvey Diamond at the Vermont Jazz Center, and with the late Tom Gallant, contemporary/jazz pianist and Music Department Chair at Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH.
• Involved in solo performances, vocal accompaniment and small combo groups around New England.
• Teaches piano (including chordal structure/theory) in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire. His playing reflects the stride-base style of the '30s and '40s a-la Teddy Wilson.
• Management Consultant and voice-over artist, who records commercials for TV and radio – as well as educational, training and industrial DVDs.

Paula Croucher, Classical Piano

• Teaches piano and theory in Ottawa, Ontario.
• Former student of Cathy Campbell.
• Achieved Level 9 Certificate from the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM), Ottawa, Ontario with honors in piano.
• Received First Class Honors with Distinction in Music Theory, RCM -- studied with Sandra Cooke.
• Currently studying with Betty Jo Barker to complete (June 2008) final graded level of piano studies with RCM.
• Attends master classes and lectures sponsored by The University of Ottawa featuring Angele Hewitt, Marc Durand, Jean-Paul Sevilla and Leon Fleisher.
• Graduate of Algonquin College in Developmental Services. Currently working for OCAPDD as a Developmental Counselor in a residential facility.

What others said about Piano'Scape 2007.

"Don’t change Piano’Scape. Every time I return, it’s simply better and better. "
N.B., Connecticut

"I was given the tools I need this year at Piano’Scape to work on my jazz chords and improvisation. Going away, it’s totally clear what I have to work on. "
G.H., New Jersey