Currently
Faculty, School for Strings, Port Huron MI
Cello Instructor
Director, Corelli String Ensemble
Studies in Cello Performance, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Applied Study- Cello
Marcy Chanteaux, 2018-2021
Judith Vander Weg, 2017-2018
Rebekah Brown, 2008-2017
Performance and Professional Experience
Guest Soloist
Soloist at the Detroit Yacht Club, performing dinner music, 2018-2020
Soloist with Wayne State University Symphony Orchestra,
performing Corelli Christmas Concerto, December, 2018
Soloist with School for Strings Festivo Orchestra,
performing Haydn Concerto in C Major, 1st Movement, June, 2017
Chamber
Performed with the Old Main Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Juan Saavedra, 2019-2020
Participant in MSBOA Solo and Ensemble, 2011-2017 in various chamber ensembles
Performed the Korngold Suite for Two Violins, Cello, and Piano LH during the Winter 2019 semester
Performed the Dvorák String Quintet in G Major on tour in Italy with the Wayne State Camerata,June, 2019
Orchestra
International Symphony Orchestra- Section Cellist, Fall 2019-Present
Detroit Metropolitan Youth Symphony- Mentor, Fall 2019-Present
Participant in Michigan Youth Arts Festival Honors Orchestra 2016
Performed on the short film score Sputnik (written by Philip Sylvester), Fall 2018
Wayne State University Symphony Orchestra- Principal Cello, 2018-Present,
Wayne State University Symphony Orchestra Section Cellist 2017-2018, under the direction of Kypros Markou
Regional Pit Orchestra
It Shoulda Been You (Players Guild of Dearborn, 2019)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (On Our Own Productions, 2019)
Spring Awakening (FUSE Theater Company, 2019)
Titanic (Riverbank Theater, 2018)
Awards and Distinctions
Recipient of Talent Scholarship for studies at Wayne State, 2017-2021
Recipient of Quincy Jones Musicianship Award at Port Huron Northern High School, 2017
Recipient of Division I ratings at MSBOA, 2011-2017
Recipient of Port Huron Musicale Scholarship, 2012 and 2013
Summer Festivals and Masterclasses
Masterclass with Ani Kalayjian
Masterclass with Wendy Law, Tahirah Wittington, and Ani Kalayjian
Stirling Bridge International Arts Festival in Scotland, 2016, Master class with Dean Marshall
Blue Lake International Youth Symphony, 2014-2015
Performed under the direction of Michael Klaue, Fritz Stansell, and Thomas Wirtz
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, 2011-2013
Faculty, School for Strings, Port Huron MI
Cello Instructor
Director, Corelli String Ensemble
Studies in Cello Performance, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Applied Study- Cello
Marcy Chanteaux, 2018-2021
Judith Vander Weg, 2017-2018
Rebekah Brown, 2008-2017
Performance and Professional Experience
Guest Soloist
Soloist at the Detroit Yacht Club, performing dinner music, 2018-2020
Soloist with Wayne State University Symphony Orchestra,
performing Corelli Christmas Concerto, December, 2018
Soloist with School for Strings Festivo Orchestra,
performing Haydn Concerto in C Major, 1st Movement, June, 2017
Chamber
Performed with the Old Main Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Juan Saavedra, 2019-2020
Participant in MSBOA Solo and Ensemble, 2011-2017 in various chamber ensembles
Performed the Korngold Suite for Two Violins, Cello, and Piano LH during the Winter 2019 semester
Performed the Dvorák String Quintet in G Major on tour in Italy with the Wayne State Camerata,June, 2019
Orchestra
International Symphony Orchestra- Section Cellist, Fall 2019-Present
Detroit Metropolitan Youth Symphony- Mentor, Fall 2019-Present
Participant in Michigan Youth Arts Festival Honors Orchestra 2016
Performed on the short film score Sputnik (written by Philip Sylvester), Fall 2018
Wayne State University Symphony Orchestra- Principal Cello, 2018-Present,
Wayne State University Symphony Orchestra Section Cellist 2017-2018, under the direction of Kypros Markou
Regional Pit Orchestra
It Shoulda Been You (Players Guild of Dearborn, 2019)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (On Our Own Productions, 2019)
Spring Awakening (FUSE Theater Company, 2019)
Titanic (Riverbank Theater, 2018)
Awards and Distinctions
Recipient of Talent Scholarship for studies at Wayne State, 2017-2021
Recipient of Quincy Jones Musicianship Award at Port Huron Northern High School, 2017
Recipient of Division I ratings at MSBOA, 2011-2017
Recipient of Port Huron Musicale Scholarship, 2012 and 2013
Summer Festivals and Masterclasses
Masterclass with Ani Kalayjian
Masterclass with Wendy Law, Tahirah Wittington, and Ani Kalayjian
Stirling Bridge International Arts Festival in Scotland, 2016, Master class with Dean Marshall
Blue Lake International Youth Symphony, 2014-2015
Performed under the direction of Michael Klaue, Fritz Stansell, and Thomas Wirtz
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, 2011-2013