After winning the Charles Mingus Scholarship in 1990 he studied music at California Institute of the Arts with Higgins, composer James Newton, and Charlie Haden Johnston, Richard.
He studied music at California Institute of the Arts with Higgins. He studied music at California Institute of the Arts with composer James Newton. He studied music at California Institute of the Arts with Charlie Haden Johnston, Richard. He was winning the Charles Mingus Scholarship in 1990.