Studied at College of Saint Rose in Albany, Columbia University, courses in Siena, Italy, State University of NY at Buffalo. Composition with Nicolas Roussakis, Jacques-Louis Monod, Morton Feldman, Lejaren Hiller. President of Buffalo New Musi Ensemble, Board of Directors of the Musicians of Brooklyn Initiative (MOBI), Executive Director of Composers' Forum, Inc. in NYC. ~ "Blue" Gene Tyranny