Mr. Sweet, who obtained a BA in Music from Hampshire College in 1985, is currently employed as a music teacher in western Massachusetts. He worked as a professor at the Keene Institute of Music and Related Arts. His teaching experience includes under graduate and graduate courses, as well as twenty four years of performance experience. He is a member of the American Federation of Musicians Springfield Chapter. He plays viola with the Keene Chamber Orchestra, violin with Celticado (a wedding ceremony ensemble), mandolin with Sweet America, an acoustic quartet and fiddle with Sweet Klez, a Klezmer ensemble.