Resume

 
 

Expertise In

  • Audacity

  • Finale

  • Mainstage

  • Max/MSP

  • Melodyne

  • MuseScore

  • MusicXML

  • ProTools

  • Reason

  • Sibelius

Additional Skills

  • Arranging

  • Musical Analysis

  • Music Directing

  • Orchestrating

  • Sight reading

  • Transcribing

Principal Teachers

Piano:

  • Dr. William Ransom

  • Gary Motley

Collaborative Piano:

  • Dr. Grant Wenaus

  • Deborah Thoreson

Composition & Arranging:

  • Dr. Joseph Church

Awards and Honors

  • Suzi Bass Award nominee, Best Music Direction 2019

  • Best Collaborative Recording, CASA’s Arrangement Contest 2013

  • Best Arrangement, ICCA’s Quarter-Finals 2013

  • Steinway Society Scholarship 2011

  • John Philip Sousa Award 2010

  • 1st place at GMEA Piano Competition 2009 & 2010

Music Direction

  • A Christmas Carol: The Live Radio Play (Alliance Theatre · 2020) - Music Director

  • Maybe happy Ending (Alliance Theatre · 2020) - Associate Music Director

  • Little Shop of Horrors (Clayton State University · 2020) - Music Director, Conductor/Pianist

  • Ride the Cyclone (Alliance Theatre · 2019) - Music Director, Conductor/Pianist

  • History of American Musical Theater Performance/Lecture (Alliance Theatre · 2019) - Music Director, Pianist, Arranger

  • Max Makes A Million Workshop (Alliance Theatre · 2018) - Music Director, Pianist

  • Associate Music Director and Accompanist (Georgia State University Opera · 2018-Present)

    • Works performed include: Candide, Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica, The Village Singer, A Hand of Bridge, and Trouble in Tahiti

  • The Little Mermaid (Narrows Theater · New York, NY · 2017) - Music Director, Conductor/Pianist

  • It’s A Wonderful Life (Narrows Theater · New York, NY · 2017) - Music Director, Conductor/Pianist

Collaborative Piano

  • Emory University (Atlanta, GA · 2019-Present) - Artist Affiliate

    • Accompany vocal and instrumental students in lessons, recitals, and competitions, as well as all rehearsals and performances for the University Chorus, including annual Lessons and Carols concerts

  • The Westminster Schools (Atlanta, GA · 2020-Present) - Accompany and coach music students, provide recordings of accompaniments

  • Atlanta Ballet (Atlanta, GA · 2018-Present) - Accompany Atlanta Ballet Academy ballet classes

  • Young New Yorker’s Chorus (New York, NY · 2017-2018) - Accompanied all rehearsals and performances and assist in directing rehearsals

  • Young People’s Chorus of New York City (New York, NY · 2017-2018) - Accompanied rehearsals and performances for many choir programs across New York City

  • NYU Steinhardt (New York, NY · 2015-2018) - Adjunct Faculty and Staff Accompanist

    • Accompanied and coached voice and instrumental students for private lessons, recitals, and productions

  • Gwinnett Young Singers (Atlanta, GA · 2014-2015) - Assistant Director and Accompanist

  • Freelance (2010-Present)

    • Accompany soloists and ensembles of various sizes including choirs, chamber groups, combos, orchestras, and pit ensembles in a range of settings including recitals, concerts, galas, shows, parties, and weddings

    • Collaborate on arrangements and concert programming

Arranger, Orchestrator, & Composer

  • Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, GA)

    • A Christmas Carol: The Live Radio Play (2020) - Created original vocal and instrumental arrangements

  • Cartoon Network (Atlanta, GA · 2019) - Composed original themes and arrangements for video game Super Slime Blitz 2 sound track

  • Mountain View High School (Braselton,GA · 2019) - Created original, three-movement, competitive marching band show

  • NYU Tisch and Steinhardt (New York, NY · 2015-2017)

    • Worked with Dr. Joe Church to create a full score based only on audio recordings and director’s notes for a remounted production of Pins and Needles

    • Transcribed to create full scores, piano/vocal scores, lead sheets, and reductions; created orchestrations for projects including shows/musicals; composed transition, play-off, and exit music appropriate for the given production

  • Dooley Noted Co-ed A Capella (Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2010-2015)

    • Acted as Chief Editor and consultant for all arrangements; guided decisions about repertoire, arrangement style and method; and coached novice arrangers

    • Arranged for vocal ensemble varying in size from 12 to 20 singers including soloist and vocal percussion, styles including pop, rock, R&B, Latin, jazz, bluegrass, and country

    • Served as Music Director from 2011-2013

  • Freelance (2006-Present)

    • Create original arrangements for a variety of ensembles and settings, including a capella vocal groups, marching bands, video games, choirs, pit orchestras, and jazz combos.

    • Collaborate with clients on aspects or arrangements including ensemble size, level of difficulty, length, style, and more to guarantee satisfaction

Music Instruction

  • Private Instructor (2009-Present) - Instruct piano, trumpet, music theory, and voice, and provide vocal coaching to private students as young as 4 years old ranging in experience from novice to expert

  • Emory University (Atlanta, GA · 2019-Present) - Artist Affiliate

    • Coach voice and instrumental students, and accompany in private lessons

  • Further Music School (New York, NY · 2017-2018) - Senior Instructor with15-20 student studio, enrolled students in festivals and competitions including ABRSM and NYSSMA

  • NYU Steinhardt (New York, NY · 2015-2017) - Adjunct Faculty and Staff Accompanist

    • Taught multiple sections of Keyboard Skills, a series of classes teaching command of basic piano skills required for undergraduate music majors at NYU; instructed graduate and undergraduate non-music majors ranging in experience from novice to expert in weekly piano lessons; coached voice students

Copyist

  • Max Makes A Million (Alliance Theatre · 2019) - Transcribed and created scores and parts from recordings of new music

  • Maybe Happy Ending (Alliance Theatre · 2020) - Managed and edited scores and parts for a medium-sized pit orchestra with Russ Bartmus

  • Freelance (2014-Present)

    • Create clean scores from scratch, manuscript, or audio and edit existing scores

    • Write and manage parts (vocal, instrumental, and percussion)