RJ

Education
Graduated with honors from Hampton University, Hampton, VA. with a Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Studies (concentration on guitar)   May 1991

Experience
In addition to teaching at Snyder Music Academy, Bob is currently the Minister of Music at Hood Memorial AME Zion Church in Fayetteville, NC., since 2010.
Fine Arts Resource Center Coordinator at Fayetteville State University   1993-2002
SmartMusic Lab Attendant at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville   2002-2003
Full-time student- Attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in pursuit of a Masters in music composition   2003-2005
Performed professionally with various ensembles and taught guitar privately   2005-2007
Guitar Instructor, Mount Olive Music Adademy, Knoxville, TN   2007-2010
Guitar Instructor, Bravura Music Academy, Knoxville, TN   2009-2010

Performances
Perform guitar, keyboards, and vocals professionally with local R&B/jazz group Pete Everett & The Total Package Band and the Gospel group, The Prodigal Sons   1993-2002, 2014-present
Performed professionally on guitar, keyboards, and vocals with world-renowned, The Fatback Band   1996-2010, 2014-2016
Also performed on guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and vocals professionally with many other groups in North Carolina and Tennessee, including various church groups.   1996-2014

Composition
Has composed over 100 original, complete works, including “Of Sin and Sainthood” and “Scrap,” which were included on the CD-ROM “Current Work: 2001,” compiled and released by the visual arts area of Fayetteville State University’s Fine Arts Department.
Performed an original piano composition, “Untitled #3,” at the Composers’ Forum at the University of Georgia, Albany, in 2003.
First movement of an original brass quintet (“Ode to Adjustment: Arrival”) was performed at the Composers’ Forum at the University of Georgia, Albany, in 2003.