I'm a Cal State Fullerton graduate with a bachelor of arts in Music.  I also earned my credential at Cal State Fullerton.

VAPA Department Chair

Mr. Duse holds BFA and MFA Degrees from the U.S. International University School of Performing Arts. In a fifty-year career in music, he has served as Music Director for Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, conducting major symphony orchestras throughout North America, as well as Pianist for numerous theater companies including San Diego's Old Globe Theater, the La Jolla Playhouse, and the San Diego Symphony Pops. He has taught instrumental and vocal music at San Pasqual HS in San Diego County, and has been Choir Director at SEMHS for twenty-one years. He is a recipient of the American College Theater Festival Kennedy Center Award for Musical Direction, and the BMI Composition Award for Musical Theater.