(Photo of me playing courtesy of Maohai Huang)

    Ever since I was a child I have enjoyed listening to and playing music. A vicious rumor in my family reports that I used to entertain them as a baby by dancing to Hawaiian music in my diapers.  I played various instruments in my youth: trumpet, string bass, and others. I always seemed to be in a chorus. In high school I fell in love with the piano, and discovered that I seemed to have a fairly natural ability.   Although a professional career didn't suit me, I still love music and practice regularly.
    My wife Cindy also works here at BU and plays the oboe and piano. We enjoy playing music together in many combinations - piano four-hands, piano-oboe, and two piano. Cindy also has a home page. In the fall of 1996 we gave two concerts: one on Wednesday, November 13 at Marshall Hall at the BU School for the Arts, and one on November 30, at the Notre Dame School of Music in Toledo, Ohio (my home town).
    With the generous assistance of many others, my wife and I have organized an annual series of classical concerts. These concerts take place each spring and feature members of our extended family. We affectionately refer to the concerts as MADs (Musicians from the Astronomy Department); here are the programs to date: