- Became the first African-American to have a recurring role on a kids TV series.
- Won the regional Metropolitan Opera Auditions (1968) in Pittsburgh, and went on to Cleveland, Ohio where he won a position in the prestigious Metropolitan Opera Studio. He sang there for seven seasons, performing over 70 roles with various companies such as the New York City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, Opera Ebony, Opera South, Toledo Opera, and Washington Civic Opera.
- Wrote the introduction to An Index to African American Spirituals for the Solo Voice compiled by Kathleen Abromeit, published in 1999 by The Greenwood Publishing Group.
- Performed the role of Sporting Life from George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess over 200 times.
- Commissioned an arrangement of American negro spirituals from composer Linda Twine entitled Changed My Name, published in 1997 by Hinshaw Music.
- Earned his Master of Fine Arts from Carnegie-Mellon University.
- Premiered his original stage work entitled My Name Is Hayes, based on the life of America's first Black Classical Artist, Roland Hayes, in 1997.
- Arranged a volume of American negro spirituals entitled Songs for Today, published In 1996 by Strube Verlag of Munich, Germany.
- Sang with numerous orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Milwaukee Symphony, the Colorado State Orchestra, the Memphis Symphony, the Jackson Symphony, the Jacksonville Symphony, the Florida State Symphony, the Springfield Symphony, the Youngstown Symphony, the Salina Orchestra, and the Hanover Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra.
- Earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin College.
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