Northeastern pace, Southern manners; clean on paper, dirty in bed; bad at sports, good at piano.

Well-rounded, Southern-born, ex-frat, optimistic guy here with a wicked sense of humor. I moved to NY to study piano at Juilliard, and since graduating in 2004 have been free-lancing as an opera pianist/vocal coach in the city. This means singers come to me for one-on-one sessions where we work on language (It, Fr, Ger, Eng) and musical style. I do the same thing with musical theater.

I finally have my dream apartment in NY with a grand piano in the extra bedroom, a W/D in the bathroom, and a dishwasher. I'm finally back in Manhattan after a 5-year stint in Park Slope (I miss you already Brooklyn). I love working from home.

Musically, I'm all over the map. My recent obsession is Lily Allen, though my iPod includes Brahms, Hotel Costes, and Sufjan Stevens.

I'm disarmingly comfortable around others, so feel free to ask any questions that aren't answered here.