HIGHLIGHTS:

United States Army Field Band, Washington, DC                                                2006 – Present

Principal flute, piccolo, and section flutist

Prizewinner – National Flute Association Young Artist Competition                     2004

Eastman School of Music Graduate Teaching Assistant                                       2003 – 2006

The Ohio State University Graduate Teaching Associate                                       2002 – 2003

Private Flute Instructor and Chamber Coach                                                       1989 – Present

Nationally Certified Teacher by Music Teachers National Assoc. (MTNA)

Education Summary

Eastman School of Music – Doctor of Musical Arts in Flute Performance and Literature (Ant. 2008)

The Ohio State University – Master of Music in Flute Performance (2003)

Eastman School of Music – Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance (1995)

 

ORCHESTRAL APPEARANCES & ENGAGEMENTS:

Principal Flute – Greece Symphony Orchestra (Greece, NY)                                 2003 – 2006

Principal Flute – Eastman/Roberts Chamber Players, Roberts Wesleyan Col.         Spring, 2005

Piccolo – Finger Lakes Symphony Orchestra (NY)                                              Fall, 2004

Principal Flute – Rochester Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra                               Fall, 2004

Principal Flute – Ossia (New Music Ensemble)                                                    Fall, 2004

Principal Flute – Rochester Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra                               Spring, 2004

Principal Flute – Eastman/Cornell Collegium (Lully’s Le Carnival Mascarade)           Fall, 2003

Substitute Flutist – Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus                         2001 – 2003

Principal Flute – Heidelberg Schlossfestspiele Orchester, Germany                        1995

Flute & Piccolo – American Wind Symphony Orchestra                                       1993

 

RECENT SOLO PERFORMANCES:

Featured Soloist – All Saints Lutheran Church, Columbus, OH                             April 2008

            Inaugural Concert Series – Organ & Friends (with Cavani String Quartet)

Featured Soloist – U.S. Army Field Band Chamber Series                                     September 2007

Featured Duo – U.S. Army Field Band Chamber Series                                        February, 2007

Featured Artist Recital – U.S. Army Field Band Chamber Series                            January, 2007

Eastman School Doctoral Degree Lecture Recital                                                 May, 2006

Eastman School Doctoral Degree Recital                                                            November, 2005

Featured Soloist – Houghton College (NY) Faculty Artist Series                            October, 2005

Eastman School Student Solo Recital                                                                  April 30, 2005

Eastman School Student Solo Recital                                                                  April 4, 2005

Featured Artist Recital – Eastman at Washington Square Series                             February, 2005

Featured Artist Recital – Valley Manor Series, Rochester, NY                                January, 2005

Eastman School Student Solo Recital                                                                  December, 2004

Featured Soloist – Greece Symphony Orchestra, Greece, NY                               October, 2004

National Flute Association Young Artist Competition (2 performances)                August, 2004

Featured Artist Recital – Graves Recital Hall, Columbus, OH                                August, 2004

Eastman School Student Solo Recital                                                                  May, 2004

Eastman School Student Solo Recital                                                                  April, 2004

Eastman School Doctoral Student Degree Recital                                                January, 2004

Featured Soloist – The Ohio State University Symphony Orchestra                       June, 2003

Ohio State University Degree Recital                                                                   April, 2003

 

TEACHERS:

Bonita Boyd, Katherine Borst Jones, Richard Sherman, Joanna Bassett, Heidi Ruby-Kushious, Beth Owen

Masterclasses with Julius Baker, Paula Robison, Robert Dick, Randolph Bowman