Education

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, DMA, Student of Michael Burns 2020-

The Juilliard School, BM 2018, MM 2020, Student of Frank Morelli                     2014-2020

Juilliard-Columbia University Student Exchange                                                     2016-2017

 Teaching Experience

Adjunct Music Faculty, UNC-School of the Arts (Winston-Salem, NC) 2023-present

Adjunct Lecturer, Music Theory Area, UNC-Greensboro 2024-present

Graduate Assistant, Music Theory Area, UNC-Greensboro 2021-23

Teaching Fellow, Ear Training Department, The Juilliard School 2016-2020

Orchestral Experience

Durham Symphony Orchestra, 2nd bassoon 2022-present

Billings Symphony Orchestra, 2nd bassoon 2021-2022

The Juilliard Orchestra, bassoon and contrabassoon                                                  2014-2020

New Juilliard Ensemble (contemporary ensemble), bassoon and contrabassoon         2014-2020

Chelsea Symphony, bassoon 2019-2020

Columbia University Orchestra, contrabassoon                                                          2015-19

Chesapeake Orchestra (Leonardtown, MD), Bassoon Fellow                                   2015

Substitute Musician for North Carolina Opera, Charlotte Symphony, Western Piedmont Symphony, Asheville Symphony, Piedmont Wind Symphony.

Training Programs/Music Festivals

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute 2020

Bassoon Faculty Robert Williams, Victoria King, Ke Ma, and Marcus Schoon

Cleveland Institute of Music Bassoon Audition Intensive 2020

Bassoon Faculty Barrick Stees and John Clouser

New York String Orchestra Seminar 2018

National Orchestral Institute                                                                                      2017

         Bassoon Faculty Frank Morelli and John Clouser

Miami Summer Music Festival                                                                                    2016

         Bassoon Faculty William Short

Alba Music Festival (Alba, Italy)                                                                                  2015

 

 Awards and Honors

Alternates,

1st Prize, 25+ category, Charleston Online Baroque Music Competition 2021

UNCG Graduate Fellowship 2020-2021

UNCG Minerva Scholar 2020-2021

Featured on Grammy-nominated album ‘Ruggles, Stucky, and Harbison: Orchestral Works” 2018

w/ National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic and David Alan Miller

Leitzinger Solo Bassoon Competition at Bard College, NY, USA, Finalist                   2017