From: Cologne, New Jersey

I started teaching music in… 1992

I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2010

My inspiration: My wife, my daughter, my father, Steve Lacy

Few people know that I… am an excellent cook and work part-time at a wine store

Education: University of Chicago – B.A. with Honors
New England Conservatory – M.A. in Jazz Performance with Honors

I play and teach: saxophone, flute, and clarinet

My other artistic/musical endeavors: My own groups include musicianer and Ideal Bread as well as solo performances. I also perform with the Nate Wooley Quintet and Anthony Braxton’s Tricentric Orchestra. In the past I was a member of Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society and Andrew D’Angelo’s DNA Big Band.