EDUCATION:
2012 - 2015 The University of Hartford the Hartt School, (Hartford, CT)
- Master of Music - Music Composition
- Studied Music Composition with Ken Steen, Gilda Lyons, and Robert Carl
- Awarded Hartt Talent Scholarship (4 - semesters)
2006 - 2011 The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, NC).
- BA in Music (composition and guitar)
- Composition Studies with John Allemeier
- Classical Guitar Studies with Michael Mosley and Charles Vaughn
- Minor in Economics
- Magna Cum Laude - GPA: 3.815
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Technical Director: Currents: A Concert of Electroacoustic Music - Hartford Art School, University of Hartford - November 5, 2014
Sound Design & Sound Editing: Going Global: Your Virtual Passport - Beyond Borders: Ep. 1 The Girl with the Strange Thumbs (Pilot) - April 2014
Assistant Producer: Going Global: Your Virtual Passport - Pilot film trip in Guatemala - January to March 2104.
Recording Session Producer: Performance 20/20 Album - October 2012
- Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Research Assistant/Engraver: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, December – May 2011.
- Duties included assisting Dr. John Allemeier (theory/composition) and Dr. James A. Grymes (musicology) with identifying, reproducing, and typesetting and engraving historical scores for a new pedagogical approach that combines music history and theory
Music Workshop Instructor (Volunteer), Bettws High School, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, August 2008 – June 2009.
- Ran workshop in underprivileged High School for 7th grade students.
- Part of GAP Team internship Christchurch Newport, Wales, UK
Music Camp Director: Levine Jewish Community Center, Charlotte, NC, June 2008
- Co-directed and taught Music Camp with Dr. Sonya Gable-Wilson
Music Instructor: Levine Jewish Community Center, Charlotte, NC, September 2007- July 2000
Sample of Performances:
A Quiet Reflection - Hartt Senior Dance Show composer and choreographer collaboration - March 7-8, 2015
Texture and Movement for Four (for saxophone quartet) - Performed by La’Ventus Quartet at the 2015 Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium - January 2015
A Moment of Repose in Expanded Time (for fixed media) - Hartford Art School: Sound Art Seminar Concert - December 16, 2014
can you hear me? (for fixed media) - Programmed on Currents: A Concert of Electroacoustic Music - Hartford Art School, University of Hartford - November 5, 2014
For a Time, Times, and a Half Time (for fixed media and dance) - Hartt Senior Dance Show composer and choreographer collaboration - March 7-8, 2014
Violent is Mind: The Weight (Concerto for amplified contrabass and chamber orchestra) - Foot in the Door “Pocket Concerto” Concert, The Hartt School, Hartford, CT - March, 6 2013
Constant is Change (for violin, viola, violoncello, and vibraphone) - Bachelor of Arts in Music Senior Composition Recital, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC - April 2011
Specter (for two trumpets, two trombones, euphonium and tuba) - Bachelor of Arts in Music Senior Composition Recital, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, April, 2011
Jabberwocky (for saxophone quartet) - Bachelor of Arts in Music Senior Composition Recital, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, April, 2011
At Dusk (for violoncello and harp) - Bachelor of Arts in Music Senior Composition Recital, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, April, 2011
Flight of the Gryphon (for solo violin) - Bachelor of Arts in Music Senior Composition Recital, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, April, 2011
Greensleeves (for violin, viola, and violoncello) - performed by the West Point Strings, United States Military Academy at West Point, December 2010
Greensleeves (for violin, viola, and violoncello) - performed by members of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s “Bonnie Cone String quartet.”
Reading Sessions:
The Old Man and the Sea, (for wind ensemble) – The Hartt School Symphonic Wind Ensemble, March 2013
The Old Man and the Sea, (for wind ensemble) – University of North Carolina at Charlotte Symphonic Wind Ensemble, November 2011
Commissions:
Texture and Movement for Four (for saxophone quartet) - Commissioned and Performed by La’Ventus Quartet at the 2015 Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium
Cloud Nine (for electric guitar, electric bass, drum kit, piano, synthesizer, and voice) - composition used for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Department of Theatre performance of Caryl Churchill’s play Cloud Nine, October 2011
Music Composed for Theatre:
I Hate Hamlet - Composed all music for The Hartt School’s production of I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick - February 21-24, 2014
Cloud Nine (for electric guitar, electric bass, drum kit, piano, synthesizer, and voice) - composition used for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Department of Theatre performance of Caryl Churchill’s play Cloud Nine, October 2011
Music for Commercial Use:
Father and Son - Music written for Inter National Bank (Texas) promotional video - August 2013
Woodcrafters - Music written for Inter National Bank (Texas) promotional video - July 2013
Sound Art Installations:
Paper Cut - Sound art installation that utilized only sound made using paper, Hartford Art School - October 2014