2006 -- Presenter, CMEA Conference, Hartford, CT

2006 --  Panelist and Presenter  at the IMC,  Dallas Texas

2006 -- Producer for "Your Voice" CD by Peg D'Amato, yielding 4 Top Ten songs on the Christian/Gospel charts at NumberOneMusic.com

2006 -- Producer "Share the Journey" inspirational compilation CD featuring 19 artists

2006 -- Song "Calendar" in all-time top-10 for a year at NumberOneMusic.com.

2005 -- World Hunger Year Recognition Award for Innovative Grassroots Solutions to Fighting Hunger, presented at the Hard Rock Cafe by WHY

2005 -- Faculty Lecturer, Western CT State University

2005 -- Sponsor and Presenter,  New England Musicians Expo

2005 -- #1  song  ("Calendar") on the Folk charts at NumberOneMusic.com

2004 -- Founder,  Connecticut Songwriting and Performance Conference

2004-07 -- Presenter and Performer,  Independent Music Conference, Philadelphia

1981-Current:  15 original CD's released,  24 original  stage plays produced

2004-current -- Featured Songwriting Columnist, Muses Muse

2004 -- 7 songs in Top 10 across 3 charts, at  ArtistLaunch.com

2004 -- Featured writeups in Intermixx magazine and Circle Magazine

2003 -- CSA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education Through Music

2003 -- Independent Artist of the Year,   national Independent Music Conference

2003 -- Mentor and Presenter, Philadelphia Independent Music Convention

2001 -- Feature article published in Songwriters Market book

2001 - - CSA Award for Outstanding Community Service through Music

2000 -- Award for Outstanding Service to Songwriters, presented by John Braheny

2000 -- Feature article published in Songwriters Market book

2000 -- "The Wish" selected for inclusion on the Artists Hunger Network CD "The Time is Now"

1999 -- CSA Award for Outstanding Community Service through Music

1998 -- Contributing Editor, Strategies for Teaching Guitar, MENC Press

1997 -- Mystic Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year

1997 -- Citation for Outstanding Community Outreach through Music, from the Connecticut General Assembly

1996 -- Parents Choice Gold Award (for the song "Donkey in a Ditch", co-written with Les Julian and released on his award-winning CD "Color Outside the Lines"

1996 -- International Artists Cooperative Award for Community Outreach Through the Arts

1995 -- Appointment as Official Connecticut State Troubadour, by the Commission on the Arts

1995 -- Significant Contribution to Education through Music

1995 -- Featured article in the New York Times

1994 -- Connecticut Renaissance Award from CSA, presented by Pete Seeger

1993 -- Outstanding Community Service Through Music, presented by Gene Pitney

1992 -- CSA Songwriter of the Year, presented by George Wurzbach of the Songwriters guild

1991-- Outstanding Community Service through Music (The first Harry Chapin Legacy Show)

1990 -- Significant Contribution to Education Through Music

1989 -- A Decade of Service to Songwriters, presented by CSA

1982 -- CSA Songwriter of the Year ( "Crest of a Wave" Album)

1980 -- Outstanding Service to the Connecticut Songwriters Association (CSA)

1974 - Bucknell University Award for Outstanding Creativity, 
          (Rock Opera "Song Of Time to Come")

AFFILIATIONS:

President and Executive Director, Connecticut Songwriters Association

Founder and Executive Director, Local United Network to Combat Hunger

Founder and Executive Director, Connecticut Songwriting Academy

Founder, Connecticut Songwriting and Performance Conference

Connecticut Music Educators Association

Official Connecticut State Troubadour

CT Commission on the Arts Performing Artists Roster

Faculty Lecturer, Western Connecticut State University ('05-'06)

Artist Council Cooperative

Folk Alliance

Association for Psychological Type, MBTI Qualified

Connecticut ARC program, 1995

Editor, Connecticut Songsmith

Producer and Director,  Harry Chapin Legacy Show Series