Adjudication Appearances

  • Oak Lawn Jazz Festival
  • Mundelein Jazz Festival
  • Jazz in the Meadows
  • North Shore Jazz Festival
  • New Trier Jazz Festival
  • Notre Dame University Jazz Festival
  • University of Mary Jazz Festival
  • Eau Claire Jazz Festival
  • Arizona State University Jazz Festival
  • Iowa State Jazz Championships 
  • Melbourne (Australia) Jazz Festival
  • MusicFest Canada,
  • University of Missouri Jazz Festival
  • Morningside College Jazz Festival
  • Purdue Fort Wayne Jazz Festival
  • Magic City Jazz Festival – Minot, ND
  • Cameron University Jazz Festival
  • Wisconsin Lutheran College Jazz Festival
  • Augustana College Jazz Festival

Significant Appearances as a clinician

  • British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles Conference (Scotland,)
  • Chief clinician for reading sessions in Vancouver, BC, Edmonton, Toronto, Quebec City
  • Artist in Residence for Illinois Arts Council (2X)
  • International Association for Jazz Education
  • Midwest Band Clinic (3X)
  • Illinois Music Educator Association (5X)
  • Michigan Music Educators
  • Iowa Music Educator
  • New Jersey Music Educators Association
  • Bands of America – Director of Jazz Division
  • Birch Creek Summer Music Academy (3X)
  • University of Wisconsin Summer Music Camp

Performances at the Following Major Festivals

  • NorthSea Jazz Festival (Holland)
  • Montreaux Jazz Festival (Switzerland)
  • Umbria Jazz Festival (Italy)
  • Vienne Jazz Festival (France)
  • Birmingham Jazz Festival (England)
  • Wigan Jazz Festival (England)
  • JAK Jazz (Indonesia)
  • Chicago Jazz Festival
  • Bohemia Jazz Festival (Czech Republic)
  • Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival (Iowa)
  • Victoria International Jazz Festival (BC)
  • Vancouver International Jazz Festival (Canada)
  • Trier Jazz Festival (Germany)

Elmhurst University Jazz Band Worldwide Appearances

Concerts in the following countries

  • England
  • Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Germany
  • France
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Croatia
  • Serbia
  • Holland
  • Austria
  • Indonesia
  • Poland
  • Italy
  • Malta
  • Romania
  • Greece
  • Bulgaria
  • Czech Republic
  • Switzerland
  • Canada
  • Belgium

Elmhurst University Jazz Band - Major Educational Conference Appearances

  • Midwest International Clinic, Chicago 2017 (with Doc Severinsen)
  • Midwest International Clinic, Chicago 2009 (with Wayne Bergeron, Denis DiBlasio, Steve Weist and Mark Colby
  • Illinois Music Educators Association, Peoria (four times)
  • International Association for Jazz Education, Chicago with Denis Diblasio