In 1953 he received a Bachelor of Surgery degree in music from Capital University, where he studied with William South. Bailey. In 1959, he received an M.S.M degree from the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, where he studied with Vernon de Tar, Searle Wright, and Margaret Hillis.
While he was a student at U.T.S., he also served as assistant organist at the General Theological Seminary, New New York In 1960, he was appointed Director of Music at Grace Church, Newark, where he served until July 2008. In 1972, he was appointed to the Liturgy and Music Commission of the (Episcopal) Diocese of Newark, and was active in its work until 1976, when it was dissolved.
He served until 1985.
A number of his compositions appear in The Hymnal 1982. His other compositions include Mass settings, anthems, motets, and responsorial settings of all the psalms assigned to Sundays and Holy Days in the lectionary of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, as well as compositions for band, orchestra, chamber ensemble, organ, and piano.
He was a member of the American Training Courses Committee of the Royal School of Church Music from 1974-1992.
