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Education

2009, Doctor of Music in Composition, Indiana University
2005, Master of Music in Composition, University of Houston
2003, Bachelor of Music in Composition, Cleveland Institute of Music
With Academic Honors

Private Composition Instructors

2007-2009, P.Q. Phan
2006-2007, Claude Baker
2006, Chinary Ung, Richard Wernick
2005, David Dzubay                                                                           
2003-2005, Robert Smith                                                                                                      
1999-2003, Margaret Brouwer                                                                                 

Composition Masterclasses

Samuel Adler                                                  Bernard Rands
Bruce Adolf                                                    Christopher Rouse                 
John Corigliano                                               Joseph Schwantner
George Crumb                                                Augusta Read Thomas

Teaching Experience

Currently, Assistant Professor of Theory and Composition, Cedarville University
           
2005-2008, Associate Instructor in Music Theory, Indiana University
(Ear training from remedial to 20th century)

Awards/Honors

2011, Semifinalist, Bone Therapy Trombone Ensemble Composition Contest (Shades of Red)

2011, Selected as Participant, University of Central Missouri New Music Festival (Shades of Red)

2011, Selected as Participant, ACO Earshot Readings with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Blaze of Autumn)

2010, Selected as Participant, SCI Region V Conference, Augustana College (String Quartet No. 2)

2010, Selected as Participant, Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers National Conference, (performance of Quintet for Brass) Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion Indiana

2009, The Dean’s Prize in Orchestral Composition, Indiana University (Blaze of Autumn)

2008, Selected as Participant, Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers National Conference (Peer Review Session, Magnificat), Indiana Wesleyan University

2007, Emil and Ruth Beyer Composition Award (NFMC): Chamber Music Category, 1st   Place (String Quartet No. 3)

2007, Selected as Participant, Midwest Composer’s Symposium (String Quartet No. 3), Indiana University

2006, Kuttner String Quartet Competition (Indiana University), 1st Place (String Quartet No. 3)

2005, SCI/ASCAP Composition Commission, Regional Winner (Region VI) (String Quartet No. 2)

2005, Selected as participant, SCI Region IV Conference (Prelude, for Orchestra), University of Texas at San Antonio

2003, Serofim Graduate Composition Competition (University of Houston), 1st
Place(String Quartet No. 2)

2003, 6th Annual Voices of Change Competition, 4th place (String Sextet)

2001, European American Musical Alliance Summer Composition Program, The Schola Cantorum, Paris

Performances

April 2011, Ballad for Solo Clarinet, Bruce Curlette, clarinet, Ohio University Clarinet Gala 2011.

April 2011, Ballad for Solo Clarinet, Bruce Curlette, clarinet, Cedarville University Recital Hall

April 2011, Shades of Red, University of Central Missouri Trumpet Ensemble, Allan Wenger, Director, University of Central Missouri, Hart Recital Hall

February 2011, Quintet for Brass, Mirari Brass Quintet, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN

February 2011, Kinesis, El Paso Youth Symphony, Andy Moran, conductor, Las Cruces, TX

February 2011 – Blaze of Autumn, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthew Kraemer conducting

November 2010 – Quintet for Brass, Mirari Brass Quintet, Southwestern Tour, multiple venues

November 7, 2010, Kinesis, El Paso Youth Symphony, Andy Moran, conductor, El Paso, TX

November 4, 2010, Quintet for Brass, DaCamera Brass Quintet, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

October 16, 2010, Quintet for Brass, mvt. 2, CFAMC Bi-Annual Conference, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN

October 1, 2010, String Quartet No. 2, mvt. I, SCI Region V conference, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL

June 2010, Shades of Red, on a prelude concert at the International Trumpet Guild’s Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia

March 20, 2010, Quintet for Brass, as part of a concert by the Mirari Brass Quintet, Cedarville University, Ohio.

March 19, 2010, Quintet for Brass, as part of a concert by the Mirari Brass Quintet, Youngstown State, Ohio.

March 14, 2010, Quintet for Brass, as part of a concert by the Mirari Brass Quintet, Bemus Point United Methodist Church.

March 8, 2010, Quintet for Brass, as part of a concert by the Mirari Brass Quintet, Indiana University, Indiana.

October 2008, Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bloomington Indiana. Jonathan Jaeger, Music Director

April 2008, Lyric Fantasy, as part of a recital performed by cellist Ignacio Gallego, Indiana University

October 2007, Doctoral Chamber Recital, Indiana University

February 2007, String Quartet No. 3, Midwest Composers Symposium, Indiana University

March 2005, Masters Recital, University of Houston