Examined with Robert Erickson, Roger Reynolds, Pauline Oliveros, Bernard Rands. Ghanaian drumming with C.K. and Kobla Ladzekpo, Hindustani traditional music with Nikhil Banerjee, and Balinese and Javanese music. Guitarist with live hold off systems. Organizer Electro-Acoustic Music group, artistic movie director Paul Dresher Outfit. Collaborations about American lifestyle Slow Fireplace (1985-88), Power Failing (1988-89), and Pioneer (1990). The Gates (1993) for dancer Margaret Jenkins. Many honours and orchestral, opera commissions.