Founder of Tonal Center Music which has served Tempe with quality music education in the same location since 1999. Kurt has been a performer and educator in Arizona for over 30 years. He is also very versatile and eclectic multi-instrumentalist and compare/producer.  He has bachelor and master’s degrees in classical guitar performance from Arizona State University. Kurt  is on the music faculty at Estrella Mountain Community College where he leads their jazz ensemble and teaches music courses including guitar, music theory, electronic music production, songwriting among others.