A dedicated educator as well as performer, Frank is currently a Professor and Chair of the USC Thorton School of Music Studio Guitar Department. He is responsible for the department's offerings in Jazz Guitar Pedagogy and Jazz Guitar Arranging and Improvisation and is the director of Trio Ensembles and the Wire Choir Ensemble. A select few are currently studying privately with Frank.

In any teaching setting, Frank offers students the true "working" professional's insights on the art of live performance.

Teaching Experience

• Professional guitar and bass classes, performance workshops and jazz ensembles, music theory, harmony, improvisation, ear training and solfeggio, recording techniques, midi applications, history of jazz, history of rock and roll, and private guitar and bass studies.

Invited Lectures, Seminars, and Master Classes

• April 2000, 01, 02- Rhythm Section Master Class, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
• March 2000 - Adjudicator - Jazz Festival 2000, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• February 2000 - Jazz Guitar Master Class, 2000 Spotlight Awards Competitions The Music Center, Los Angeles, California
• March 1999 - Adjudicator - Annual Jazz Festival, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Education

2000 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Los Angeles

• Master of Arts, Major in Music with special recognition in graduate studies

1999 Elected to Long Beach Chapter of PHI KAPPA PHI Honor Society.

1972 BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, Boston, Massachusetts

• Bachelor of Music - Major in Music Education

• GUITAR - Mick Goodrick and Joe Pass
• CLASSICAL GUITAR - Andrew Caponegro
• ARRANGING - Phil Wilson, Herb Pomeroy, and Ted Pease
• IMPROVISATION - John La Porta
• COMPUTER SYNTHESIS AND MIDI APPLICATIONS - Dr. George W. Shaw