 He has been director of the guitar programs at both Peabody Conservatory and North Carolina School of the Arts.He held an honorary doctorate from Duquesne University where he was a faculty member at the Mary Pappert School of Music from 1996 till his death in 2008.His former students include Manuel Barrueco, Ricardo Cobo, David Tanenbaum, Thomas Kikta, David Starobin, Bruce Casteel and Edward Stephenson.