Performing music and engineering sound has become Syd’s mid-life adventure and passion! In addition to his solo ventures in therapeutic music, he leads Uncle Leo Band, a classic rock cover band performing in the Chicagoland area; and he played bass guitar in the former Cosmic Pranksters, a Grateful Dead tribute band. After a few years of mixing his own bands, his interest in acoustics evolved into into his current professional ventures in sound engineering.
In his full-time career, Syd is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) and serves as a Professor of Recreation Therapy at University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL, where he’s taught since 2005.
He earned a BA in English-Communications from Albright College (1993), a MS in Recreation Administration from Aurora University (1997), and a PhD in Health and Human Performance from the University of Florida (2005).
When he’s not teaching, mixing, or strumming, he can often been found getting lost in the woods.
Syd Sklar Music 