Education | Primary Teachers | Orchestra | Chamber Music
Competitions | Soloist with Orchestras | Solo Recitals | Teaching
Educational Programs |Video Games | Award Shows | TV Shows & Specials |
Television Commercials | CD’s played on | Live Concerts
Education
Master of Music in Viola Performance, University of Southern California
Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance, University of Southern California
University of Michigan School of Music
Primary Teachers
Viola: Donald McInnes (University of Southern California and University of Michigan)
Alan DeVeritch (University of Southern California)
Lyman Bodman (E. Lansing, MI)
Orchestral Experiences
Principal Violist, Symphony Napa Valley
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Assistant Principal Violist, Acting Principal Violist Sacramento Symphony
Principal Violist, Sacramento Chamber Orchestra
Substitute Violist, San Francisco Symphony
Substitute Violist, New York Philharmonic
Substitute Violist, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Acting Principal Violist, Meadowbrook Festival Orchestra, Rochester, MI
Sun Valley Music Festival
Bear Valley Summer Symphony
Colorado Music Festival (Boulder)
Chamber Music Experiences
Chamber Music Alive! Series, Sacramento, CA
UC Davis Noon Concerts, Davis, CA
The Great Composers Chamber Music Series, Folsom, CA
New Century Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco, CA
Buzzard’s Bay Music Fest, Cape Cod, MA
La Jolla Chamber Music Summer Fest, CA
Sunflower Chamber Music Festival, Topeka, KA
Chamber Music Society of Sacramento, CA
Clarinet Congress in Minneapolis, MN
“Festwochen Arts Festival”, West Berlin, Germany
Member of the Suliam String Quartet, Los Angeles, CA
Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, CA
Arts Television Special, Miami, FL
Competitions
First Prize-William Primrose International Viola Competition
Special Prize Winner- Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition
First Prize-Wendell Irish National Viola Competition
Winner-McGraw-Hill Young Artists’ Showcase Competition for WQXR-FM, New York
Presidential Scholar in the Arts Recognition and Talent Search
First Prize- ASTA State of California Solo Competition
Finalist in the ASTA National Solo Competition
Second Prize Winner- Julius Stulberg Competition
Winner of Bach Festival Competition, Kalamazoo, MI
First Prize-Lansing Symphony Orchestra Competition
First Prize-Ventura Symphony
Concerto Winner- Banff Music Festival
Concerto Winner- University of Michigan
Concerto Winner-University of Southern California
Viola Soloist with Orchestras
New Century Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco, CA
Sacramento Symphony Orchestra, Sacramento, CA
Lansing Symphony, MI
Savannah Symphony
Calgary Philharmonic
Ventura Symphony Orchestra, Ojai, CA
Academy Orchestra, Sacramento, CA
National Arts Chamber Orchestra, XV International Viola Congress, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Southern California Orchestra
University of Michigan Orchestra
Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra
Aspen Concert Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra
Solo Viola Recitals
Crocker Art Museum Series, Sacramento, CA
Washington, D.C.
WQXR-FM, New York
University of Michigan
East Lansing, MI
WKAR-TV, East Lansing, MI
Teaching Experience
Private lessons
Master Classes; University of Pacific Summer Camp
Sacramento Youth Symphony (Viola Sectional coaching)
Californa All-State Orchestra (Viola sectional coaching)
Guest Coach at Mitchell Middle School in the Folson/Cordova United School District.
Natomas Charter School for the Performing Arts, Sacramento, CA
Music Fest Midwest (Master Classes/ Coaching for High School violists.)
Teaching Assistant, USC
Mountain Team Concepts, Steamboat Springs, CO
Educational Programs
Wardcliff Elementary School in Okemos ,MI; (presentations for grades 4th and 5th.
“Adventures in Music” sponsored by the San Francisco Symphony; (presented for grades 4th and 5th in the San Francisco school district)
New Century Chamber Orchestra educational programs
Video Games:
Medal of Honor
Tom Clancy’s Ghost recon advanced War Fighter 2- David Salta
Unchartered 2
God of War 3
Dead Space 2- Jason Graves
Star Wars: Old Republic online game
SoCom 4- Bear McCreary
Tour of Duty 7- Sean Murray
Sims 3 “perilous team”- Chris Lennertz
El Dorado
Award Shows
Academy Awards Orchestra
Emmy Awards Orchestra
The Grammy Awards
Soul Train Awards
NAACP Image Awards
TV Shows & Specials:
AFI 100 years of passions
A Will of their Own
American Dad
American Crime
ABC’s 50th Anniversary special
Ashoka
Back When We Were Grownups
Blue Skies
Dancing With The Stars
Empire
Galavant
Home on The Range
Inhuman
John Adams
Joshua Tree
Perceptions
Polly
Law and Order
Lonesome Dove
Little Monsters
Neil Diamond Documentary
No Guts No Glory
Orville
Oprah Winfrey Show
Pancho Villa
Star Trek: Discovery
Star Trek: Picard
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Stormcrow
Taken
Treadstone
Umbrella Academy
Zoo
TV Commercials:
Christmas Commercial
IBM- Live Brave
NBC News Themes- John Williams
NBC Sports Themes- John Williams
Coca Cola- Superbowl 2009
Proctor and Gamble
Chipotle- Internet Interactive- RZA
CD’s played on:
Celebration: John Williams
4 Seiji: John Williams
Music of John Williams performed by cellist, Yo-Yo Ma
Tatyana Ali
Neal Acree
Andrea Bocelli
Neil Diamond
John Bayless
Harry Connick Jr
Barbra Streisand
Michael Buble`
Clay Aiken
Eric Benet
Pat Metheny
Josh Groban
Kenny G
Kelly Clarkston
Avril Lavigne
Cassandra Wilson
Seal
Kristen Chenowith
Katherine Jenkins
Bette Midler
Spensha Baker/ Mervyn-Warren
Karen Souza
Five For Fighting
New Century Chamber Orchestra CDs:
-LIVE
-Together
-From A to Z
-Echoes of Argentina
-Oculus
Live Concerts:
Smokey Robinson
Ray Charles
George Benson
Danny Elfman
Mannheim Steamroller
Eric Benet
Childish Gambino
Placido Domingo
Andrea Bocelli
Johnny Mathis
The Little Mermaid
The Eagles
Two Wings: The Music of Black America in Migration
LaLa Land
