#18 Zen Buddhist and award-winning composer Cornelius Boots speaks of spirituality in music.

Cornelius Boots is a certified Dai Shihan (grandmaster) of Zen shakuhachi and an award-winning composer.  As a lifelong woodwind performance innovator, Boots also earned three music degrees from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and has released over 12 albums as a leader and written overr 100 compositions for under-represented instruments.  He is working on his Master in Divinity in Zen Buddhist Ministry through Buddha Dharma University where he also teaches a class.