Studied Bow Making with Michael Taylor (U.K.) and Martin Devillers (U.S.) 1974 & 1981
He has (for decades) had a keen interest in Chinese Medicine and Shiatsu especially in how this relates to musicians' overuse injuries, and graduated as a Practitioner of Chinese Medicine (acupuncture, shiatsu and Chinese Herbs). Attended schools in Japan, Singapore and Hawaii and Sydney. 1984, 1986.1987, 1992. Clinical experience in Cairns.
Practitioner Certificate in Neuro Linguistic Programming at Melbourne Centre of NLP (1991) -
Studied Guitar Making with Jeffrey Elliot and Cindy Burton in Healsburg, California (U.S) in 2000.
Certficate in CAD 'Autodesk Inventor', Panorama campus TAFE, Adelaide, 2008
Taught violin/guitar making (part-time) at the TAFE college at Marleston. 2007,2008
Taught various Business subjects at The Adelaide College of Technology and the TAFE college in Marleston, Adelaide. (Part time). 2008, 2009
Studied Guitar Making at the shop of Gerard Gilet, Sydney (2014)
Certificate: Meditation Facilitator/Trainer. Nature Care College, Sydney, 2014.
Certificate: Hypnosis in Hypnotherapy. Institute of Hypnotic Science. Taught by Michael Yapko, Ph.D at Melbourne, 2014.
Professional EEG Biofeedback Certification Training. Stens Corporation.Taught by John S, Anderson, MA. Minnesota Neuro-Training Institute in Washington, D.C. 2014.
Certificate: Jewellery Designing CAD with Rhino 5.0 and Rhino Gold. Sydney Design Institute, Enmore , 2014.
Certificate in'Ableton Live' at Sydney Institute of TAFE at Ultimo. 2015
Certificate in 'Maya' CAD at the Sydney Design Institute of TAFE, Enmore, 2016
Studied Bow Making with David Hawthorne in Boston, MA (US) (2016)
(below) Bow making workshop in Boston
- Thomas Weinberg (1986). The Violin Makers of the United States, (Mt. Hood: Mt. Hood Publishing Co.)
- B.W. Harvey (1992). The Violin and Its Makers in the British Isles, (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
- Alan Coggins (2009). Violin and Bow Makers of Australia, (www.writelight.com.au: Writelight Pty. Ltd.)
- M.A. Alburger (1978). The Violin Makers: Portrait of a Living Craft,(London: Victor Gollancz Ltd.) Pages138-142.
Academic Study and Workshops
1973, Scuola Internazionale di Liuteria (IPIALL), Cremona, Italy. Diploma in Violin Making. Studied violinmaking under G.B. Morassi, G. Sgarabotto and F. Bissolotti.
Graduated with a B.Sc. degree in Psychology from the University of The State of New York in 1991.
Graduated with an MBA degree in International Business and Negotiation from James Cook University in 1999.
I.T. Certificate, online from Deakin University with the Australian Computer Society in 1999
Lectured in the Business School of James Cook University, Cairns (Marketing and Organizational Development) in 2000.
Graduate Certificate in Strategy and Competitive Advantage, online/distance study Cardian University (University of Chicago + Stanford University) in 2001.
CELTA Certificate ( from Cambridge University) in TESOL, Brisbane 2005.
Professional Graduate Certificate in Educational Neuroscience from the University of Melbourne, Graduate School of Education (2017)
(below) Violin making workshop at Marleston TAFE in Adelaide