- Born in Aarau, raised in Fricktal
- Matura in Aarau
1980 to 1985 - Choir leader and organist in Wittnau/Aargau
1981 to 1984 - Studies German philology, history and musicology at the University of Basel
1984/5 - Trains as a church musician in Wettingen
1988 - Graduates as a choir leader, organist and singer at the Akademie für Schul- und Kirchenmusik in Lucerne (composition/harmony under the tutelage of Ernst Pfiffner and counterpoint with Franz Rechsteiner); in-depth studies in choir leading under the tutelage of Klaus Knall at the Reformierten Kirchenmusikinstitut Zürich (composition/counterpoint with Gerald Bennet)
1990/91 One-year study in general anthroposophics at the Goetheanum in Dornach.
1985 to 2004 - Choir leader and organist at the Bruderklausenkirche in Berne
1993 to 2004 - Conductor of the Singkreises Ittigen
Since 1989 - Deputy conductor of the Berner Kantorei am Münster
1989 - Interim conductor of the Evangelischen Singgemeinde (Berner Kantorei and Kantorei zu Predigern, Zurich)
Since 2004 - Responsible for church music (as choir leader, organist and cantor) at the Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Berne
- Produces compositions for choir practice; to order since 1985
Work list
Ich bin bei euch (1992)
Ecclesiastical concert
Instrumentation: for soprano, mezzo-soprano and organ
1. Das Licht der Herrlichkeit
2. Der Glaube, senfkornsgross
3. Ein Herze, das bis zum Grund
4. Es kann in Ewigkeit
5. Gottes Saitenspiel (combination of 3. & 4. in another version)
6. Gott ist ein Ackersmann
7. Zwei Augen hat die Seel'
8. Ich selbst bin Ewigkeit
9. Sag' an, o werte Frau
10. Der Glaub' allein
11. Mensch, kommst du ohne Lieb'