EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Northwestern University, B.M. (Music Performance)

University of California, San Diego, M.A. (Performance, Theoretical and Experimental Studies in Music) Thesis: The Expressionist Impulse and Method in Selected Works of Alban Berg.

University of Iowa, D.M.A. (Music Performance and Pedagogy) Thesis: Compositional Techniques in Aaron Copland’s Sextet.

Western Illinois University, B.A. (Studio Art), 2024

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING EXPERIENCE As an orchestral musician, I have been associated with the Milwaukee Symphony, the San Diego Symphony, the San Diego Opera Orchestra, the California Ballet Orchestra, and the Quad City Symphony Orchestra.

RECORDINGS Performances on: MUSICWORKS75, music of Kennth Gaburo: MUSICWORKS, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1999.

The Bells Themselves, music of Eric Richards: New World Records, New York, NY, Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc., 2007.

Our Beauties Are Not Ours: Works for Voices and Instruments, music of Paul Paccione:  New World Records, New York, NY, Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc., 2010.   (Reviewed by Michael Cameron in Fanfare magazine, Issue 34/1, September/October 2010, www.fanfarearchive.com and by Glyn Pursglove in MusicWeb International, October 2010, MusicWeb-International.webarchive.)

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Director, Non-Credit Programs, School of Extended and Continuing Education, Western Illinois University, 1993-2014

ART EXHIBIT Thinking it Through, Senior BA Solo Exhibit, April 16-25, 2024, University ANNEX Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb IL. Watch Video