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Education
2001-2003 Roosevelt University (Chicago College of Performing Arts), Chicago, IL
• MM, Piano Performance

1998-2001 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
• BM, Piano Performance

1994-1996 University of Evansville, Evansville, IN
• Music Therapy

Awards

2001 Roosevelt University, Partial tuition scholarship
2001 SIUE, Piano Performance Award
2000 SIUE, Ernest A. Karandjeff Music Award
1994 University of Evansville, Partial tuition scholarship

Teaching Experience

November 2006-2008, Ivy Creek School Charlottesville, VA
• One on one sessions with troubled children ages nine to sixteen all beginners
• Teaching basics of the keyboard catering specifically to the needs of each student

September 2003-Present, Figura Music Studio Charlottesville, VA
• Home studio of students ranging in ages seven to fifty-plus; levels beginning to advanced
• Private piano lessons focusing on areas of technique, theory, and composition

September 2002-June 2003, Maywood Fine Arts Association, Maywood, IL
www.maywoodfinearts.org
• Non-profit arts school benefiting underprivileged children of the community where I taught piano
• Prepared students for a successful year end performance

Performances

Post-Graduate
• March 2007, Children’s Gaucher Research Fund Benefit Concert, works by Debussy and
Medtner, St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlottesville, VA
• March 2006, “Spanish Music by French Composers” including works by Debussy, Chaminade, Milhaud, Ravel, Lincoln Land Community College recital series
• October 2005, Wednesday Music Club solo recital season opener including works by Beethoven, Medtner, and Albeniz
• April 2005, CMTA member’s recital, performed Cuyana by Ginastera
• February 2005, Wednesday Music Club, with vocalist performing Las Horas de Una Estancia by Ginastera

Graduate
• June 2003, Graduate Recital, works by Bach, Beethoven, Albeniz, Medtner, and Ginastera
• April 2003, Fresh Ink Concert of the New Music Ensemble, with two quintets and a vocalist performing new music by living composers Gustavo Leone, Edward Eicker, and Mark Winges
• December 2002, Chamber Ensembles Recital, first movement of B Flat Major Trio by Schubert

Undergraduate
• May 2001, Senior Recital, works by Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, and Bartok
• 2001, Ian Hobson masterclass performing first movement of Beethoven’s Sonata Op.2 No. 3 in C Major
• May 2000, Junior Recital, works by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, and Prokofieff

Professional Development

Abroad
• March 2005, Piano Adjudicator for the 57th Annual Hong Kong Schools Music Festival

Continuing Education
• June 2006, IAJE Teacher Training Institute at the University of Delaware in Newark, a 3 day jazz piano track with instructor Tony Caramia of the Eastman School of Music
• September 2004, Symposium for Teachers of Adult Students presented by Adult Music Student Forum of Silver Spring, MD giving discussions and presentations concerning techniques and literature for teaching adult students
• January 2004, The World of the Piano presented by Seymour Bernstein at Shenendoah Conservatory describing different performance techniques and mental preparation for performance

Conferences
August 2009, Frances Clarke Center’s National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy,
Lombard, IL
• August 2007, Frances Clarke Center’s National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy,
Oak Brook, IL
• October 2005, Virginia Music Teacher’s Association (VMTA) State Conference, Virginia Tech University
• October 2004, VMTA State Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University

Affiliations

• 2003-Present CMTA (Charlottesville Music Teacher’s Association)
• 2003-Present MTNA (Music Teacher’s National Association)

Creative Interests

Composition
• Short piano pieces, beginning to intermediate
• Songs (‘Where I Live’ for acappella choir, ‘Womb Room’ for voice and piano)
• Jazz tune, ‘Starlight Swing’

Visual Art
• July 2005, C’ville Coffee, Charlottesville, VA
Displayed original artwork
• May 2005, Presented original photos, Scottsville Council for the Arts Photography Show

Writing
• November 2005, Completed “The Passion of Writing” course through the Piedmont Writer’s Institute, Charlottesville, VA, Tim Lewis Instructor
• 2003, Stranger Days, a book of journal entries from strangers compiled on the El trains of Chicago