CURRENT POSITION

Assistant Principal Timpani/Section Percussion, San Francisco Symphony

 

PREVIOUS POSITION

Principal Percussion and Drum Set, Billings Symphony Orchestra, 2019 – 2020 

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LARGE ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCE

San Francisco Symphony, substitute principal timpani, December 2019

Omaha Symphony, substitute percussion, March – April 2019

Marin Symphony, substitute percussion, 2019 – 2020

San Francisco Symphony, substitute percussion, 2019 – 2020  

Berkeley Symphony, section percussion, 2018 – 2020

Virginia Symphony Orchestra, substitute percussion, 2018 – 2020

Symphony New Hampshire, section percussion, 2017 – 2018

Brockton Symphony Orchestra, substitute percussion, 2018

New World Symphony, substitute percussion, October 2017

Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, section percussion, 2016 – 2018

Symphony Pro Musica, section percussion, 2016 – 2017

Boston Chamber Symphony, principal timpani and section percussion, 2016 – 2018

The Du Bois Orchestra, principal timpani, 2016 – 2018

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Symphony Orchestra, substitute percussion, 2015 – 2018

Sheep Island Ensemble, section percussion, 2015

Unitas Ensemble, principal percussion, 2015 – 2018

Gordon Symphony Orchestra, substitute percussion, 2014 – 2016

Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, section percussion, 2014 – 2015

Boston Civic Symphony Orchestra, principal percussion, 2014 – 2018

New England Philharmonic, section percussion, 2013 – 2014

Longwood Symphony Orchestra, section percussion, 2013 – 2017

Brookline Symphony Orchestra, principal percussion, 2012 – 2016

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CHAMBER ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCE

Earplay Ensemble, percussion, TBD

Empyrean Ensemble, percussion, January 2020

Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, percussion, 2017 – 2019

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EDUCATION

• San Francisco Conservatory of Music (San Francisco, CA) PSD Percussion Performance, 2019

• Boston University (Boston, MA) MM Percussion Performance, 2016 – 2018

• New England Conservatory of Music (Boston, MA) BM Percussion Performance + Honors and Minor in Liberal Arts, 2012 – 2016

 

PRINCIPAL TEACHERS

• Ed Stephan

• Jake Nissly

• Timothy Genis

• Daniel Bauch

• Kyle Brightwell

• Ted Atkatz

• Perry Dreiman

 

COACHES

• Christopher Lamb

• Cynthia Yeh

• Will Hudgins

• Doug Howard

• John Kinzie

• Joeseph Pereira

• Vadim Karpinos

• Frank Epstein

• Markus Rhoten

 

MASTERCLASS

• David Herbert

• Jim Babor

• Will James

• Frederic Macarez

• Jauvon Gilliam

• Richard Weiner

 

FEATURED SOLOIST

Quartet by Steve Reich in recital with Orli Shaham, vibraphone

Concerto No. 1 for Timpani and Orchestra by William Kraft, Aspen Percussion Concerto Competition Winner, 2017

Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and Strings by Frank Martin, timpani

Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion by Bela Bartok, percussion 2015, timpani 2019

Into the Mind by Ari Sussman, vibraphone

 

FESTIVALS

Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen, CO 2017-2019, 2019 Charles Owen Memorial Fellow

Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC 2016

Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Colorado Springs, CO 2014 – 2015

Boston University Tanglewood Institute Percussion Workshop, Boston, MA, 2011 – 2012

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AUDITION ADVANCEMENTS

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, section percussion finalist, May 2019

Sarasota Orchestra, section percussion semi-finalist, October 2018                        

Virginia Symphony Orchestra, section percussion semi-finalist, September 2018

Omaha Symphony Orchestra, principal percussion semi-finalist, May 2018

New World Symphony, percussion semi-finalist, May 2018

New Haven Symphony Orchestra, principal percussion finalist, September 2017

New World Symphony, percussion semi-finalist, May 2017

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

U Music Education Foundation Music Director, 2019

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Conservatory in the Schools Fellow, 2018 – 2019

Aspen Music Festival and School Teaching Fellow, 2017 – 2019

Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, 2016 – 2018

New England Conservatory Preparatory School, 2013 – 2016

New England Conservatory Community Performances and Partnership Program Fellowship, 2012 – 2016

Agoura High School Adjunct Percussion Instructor, 2012 – current

Private Instructor, 2009 – current