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CAYUGA PRO
DJ SERVICE - Ithaca
NY wedding specialist
I graduated Ithaca College
'82 M.M. Music Ed. (Voice, Piano) and Cornell '70 B.A. I led the rock
band THE CORVETTES for ten years of clubs, weddings, reunions,
banquets, more weddings... In 1978, I founded the WHITON CHORALE of the Ithaca Community School Of Music & Art (locally know as CSMA), directing it for four years. We performed almost exclusively acappella, very adventurous for an amateur group with casual committment! Graduating I.C., I developed
a songwriting workshop program for schools. During the space
of ten years, I come from Highland Park NJ. My first musical inspiration was my Dad, who liked to improvise on piano, self-taught while in the Army during WWII. At age 10, I started on guitar, taking lessons in classical style, and tecahing myself the pop hits. Next came a folk music group, then rock bands, then classical piano, classical voice, choral music, saxophone, composing... Dance is the most recent, and equally consuming chapter. In 2005, I began teaching my son to play guitar! And in 2006, I started composing and recording dance music for my classes, and embarked on my first DVD project (Jumpswing dance instruction). As a performer, I learned to put the happiness of the audience first.As a DJ, I always put YOU and your guests first. "Your happiness is my happiness." That is my professional motto. |
If
you live in or near Ithaca, you have probably seen photos of myself
and dance teaching partners in the Ithaca Journal, or on posters.
I teach six dance classes per semester at Cornell University, two
dance classes per semester at Ithaca College, and maintain the Cornell
Department of Physical Education website. I am also proprietor of
I
visited at over 100 Central New NY public schools, writing songs with
students in every current pop style, performing many, many concerts.
I'll put some excerpts on the web one of these days: some nice material
(of course, my evaluation is somewhat biased...).