My mission is to be of service--to my family, my fans, and my community. Music is my primary vehicle: offering education that empowers and inspires, and performances and recordings that bring joy and transport you out of the stress of daily life. Whether you are here to learn or listen, my intention is for you to leave with something meaningful that impacts your life in a positive way.

What's New

Want to study with me? I am offering a limited Mentorship & Recording program as well as adult and teen group programs now. Very exciting stuff. Click the button below for info! 

You can also connect with me and get access to my jazz and commercial piano resources in my Patreon Community . 

Recordings

The Democracy, a quintet of CO cats playing all original music, released our second record! I am proud of this music--each tune tells a story, and you can feel the camaraderie in our improvisations and interaction throughout.
LISTEN TO THE ALBUM HERE 
 During a lull in the pandemic, Thomas Heflin brought a fantastic group of musicians together to record his new album, Morning Star. There are so many great moments and beautiful tunes. Check it out!
GET THE ALBUM HERE
My most recent release is Spiraling Inward, featuring all original music by myself and Gonzalo Teppa, in collaboration with the fabulous Dru Heller and Grammy-nominated sax maestro John Ellis.
STREAM THE MUSIC HERE
In the summer of 2021, Coexistence Trio released our second recording, All Made Up In My Mind, an EP-length collection of epic and all original Indie Jazz.
LISTEN TO THE RECORD HERE

Education

I am deeply proud of the work we are doing at Colorado Music Bridge to bring inclusive modern music education to diverse youth across the state. The video above shows highlights from a 2022 partnership program with the Spirituals Project and two dynamic professors from the University of Denver, with youth from Aurora Sister Cities, an organization supporting immigrant families.
VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE
In the 2021-22 school year, I have been teaching at both Colorado State University and the University of Denver, including classes in Music Technology, Jazz History and Globalization, Combos, Jazz Piano, Theory, and Composition. As part of my exploration deeper into various topics, I have created a number of reference worksheets (as seen above), which are available for less than a latte, HERE. 

Performances

My collaborations with Brazilian guitarist/composer extraordinaire Gabriel Santiago continue, including his 2021 CD Release Tour, and upcoming 2022 performances at the Five Points Jazz Festival and Caffe Sole in Boulder. The video above is a remote collaboration recording of my composition, Momentum Forward, featuring Thiago Rabello and Junior Braguinha.
In the past year, I have collaborated with three dynamic spoken word artists, Theo Wilson, Dominique Christina, and Ill Seven. The above video shows clips from a full house show at Dazzle in Denver that featured Theo along with California bass virtuoso Lukas Vesely, trumpeter Gabe Mervine, drummer Dru Heller. The spoken word collaboration is just in its infancy for me--there will be more! 
I have had the great pleasure to continue to make original contemporary jazz music with a quintet of musical brothers led by trombonist Adam Bartczak and saxophonist Sam Williams. The above video is an excerpt of our group, The Democracy, performing my tune, Fight On 'till Justice on a livestream from Mighty Fine Studios in Denver.  
You can watch the whole performance HERE.