Education

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND; College Park, MD

        Doctor of Musical Arts in Percussion Performance, ABD status, expected graduation May 2010

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND; College Park, MD

        Master of Music in Percussion Performance, 2007

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA; Tampa, FL

Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance, 2005

Summa Cum Laude

Teaching Experience

University of Maryland School of Music (August 2009 - present)

Lecturer, Percussion

·         Music direct the Percussion Ensemble

·         Guest Lecturer for composition division classes in percussion

·         Perform administrative and logistical operations duties

·         Teach percussion students privately

·         Present percussion masterclasses each semester

·         Adjudicate juries and School of Music auditions

·         Maintain percussion equipment

University of South Florida School of Music

Guest Artist Percussionist

·         Marimba Recital and Masterclass for Magic Marimba Festival – January 23 and 24, 2009

·         Marimba Recital and Masterclass – October 19, 2007

·         Percussion Recital and Masterclass – January 8, 2007

Courses Taught

University of Maryland School of Music

Percussion Ensemble; Instructor of Record – Fall 2007 to Present (MUSC129P 0101 and MUSC629P 0101)

Percussion Lessons; Instructor of Record – Fall 2007 to Present (MUSP100Q to MUSP619Q 0401)

Freelance Work

Orchestra

National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin; Kennedy Center Concert Hall – May 2008

Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Stuart Malina; The Forum Auditorium – November 2007

American Wind Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robert Boudreau; International Festival of Arts and Ideas – June 2007

National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya; Kennedy Center Concert Hall – November 2006

Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Yoel Levi; Kennedy Center Concert Hall – July 2006

Florida Orchestra – extra percussion – multiple engagements

Florida West Coast Symphony Orchestra – extra percussion – multiple engagements

Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra – extra percussion – multiple engagements

Sun Coast Pops Orchestra – extra percussion – multiple engagements

Sarasota Pops Orchestra – extra percussion – multiple engagements

Craig Turley Orchestra – percussionist – multiple engagements

Touring Artists

The Music of Led Zeppelin, FL tour contracted percussionist – December 2007

Connie Francis, Bahamas tour contracted percussionist– April 2005

Bernadette Peters, FL tour contracted percussionist – January 2005

Bebe Neuwirth, FL tour contracted percussionist – December 2004

Theatre

Signature Theatre, Giant – percussion April to May 2009

Signature Theatre, Les Misérables – percussion December 2008 to February 2009

Montgomery College, A Year with Frog and Toad – percussion October 2008

Schlesinger Hall, Anyone Can Whistle – percussion October 2008

Signature Theatre, ACE! – percussion August to September 2008

Montgomery Theatre Center, Honk – percussion August 2008

Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre, Evita! – drum set June 2008

Atlas Performing Arts Center and Adventure Theatre, Goodnight Moon – percussion May to June 2008

The Washington Savoyards, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Man of La Mancha – percussion April 2008

Dominion Stage, The Wild Party – drum set January 2008

Roundhouse Theatre, Songs for a New World – drum set August 2007

Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theater, Ragtime – drum set July 2007

Signature Theatre, Singing Shakespeare Cabaret – drum set April 2007

The Washington Savoyards; Atlas Performing Arts Center; Kiss Me, Kate! – drum set March 2007

American University Theater; They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? – drum set October 2006

Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theater; Damn Yankees and Thoroughly Modern Millie – drum set June / July 2006

American University Theater; Into the Woods – percussion October 2005

Chamber

Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, “Snow White and 175 Faeries,” percussion – December 2009

Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, “gAy to Z,” percussion; Harrisonburg, PA – September 2009

Left Bank Concert Society, Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre – March 2009

Washington National Cathedral, African Drums and Marimbas – April 2008

Left Bank Concert Society, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center – October 2007

Congressional Chorus, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater; Atlas Performing Arts Theatre – June 2007

Mid-Atlantic Flute Festival in Reston, VA – February 2007

New Dance performance at the Atlas in Washington DC for the DC Arts Council – June 2006

Left Bank Concert Society, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater; Crumb’s A Journey Beyond Time – February 2006

World Premiere of Masatoshi Mitsumoto’s Washington Triptyque, Montgomery College – February 2006

Performed Tan Dun’s Elegy: Snow in June with cellist Andres Diaz at Brevard College, NC – July 2005

The Tone Road Ramblers – October 2004

Florida Orchestra – featured baritone soloist; “Largo al Factotum” from Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Spring 2004

Jacobites Pipe and Drum Band – snare drummer – multiple engagements

St. Ignatius of Antioch Music Ministry – Handel’s The Messiah, Bass Soloist – Spring 2005

Solo Percussion Recital, Lecture, and Masterclass Engagements

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; DMA Percussion Recital – November 9, 2009

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; Concerto Performance with UMD Symphony Orchestra – October 2, 2009

Deep Carnivale Literature Festival; Tampa, FL; Lecture / Solo Performance – September 12 – 13, 2009

Hillsborough County Community College; Tampa, FL; Solo Percussion Recital – June 16, 2009

Homemade Music Symposium; Tampa, FL; Solo Performance – June 13 – 14, 2009

University of Maryland Baltimore County Recital Hall; DMA Percussion Recital – April 8, 2009

·         World Premiere of Stuart Saunders Smith’s “The Authors,” a marimba opera

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; Bang on a Can Marathon; Solo Piece / UMD Percussion Ensemble – March 29, 2009

UMD School of Music; Percussion Lecture Recital for Composition Division – February 10, 2009

University of South Florida; Tampa, FL; Guest Artist Recitalist for Magic Marimba Festival – January 23 -24, 2009

Virginia Commonwealth University; Percussion Lecture Recital – October 23, 2008

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; DMA Percussion Lecture Recital – October 11, 2008

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; Solo Marimba Recital for Pirates of Penzance Reception – June 7, 2008

UMD Alumni Association; Solo Marimba Performance – April 23, 2008

UMD School of Music; Marimba Masterclass; “Joseph Schwantner’s Velocities” – April 11, 2008

Maryland / Delaware Day of Percussion; Goucher College, Towson, MD; UMD Percussion Ensemble – March 30, 2008

Arts Club of Washington; Solo Percussion Recital; noon recital series – March 28, 2008

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; DMA Percussion Recital – March 9, 2008

UMD School of Music; Marimba Masterclass; “Steven Mackey’s See Ya Thursday” – December 7, 2007

UMD School of Music; Marimba Masterclass; “Piano Transcriptions for Marimba” – October 26, 2007

University of South Florida; Tampa, FL; Guest Artist Percussion Recital and Masterclass – October 19, 2007

UMD School of Music; Marimba Masterclass; “Selecting Marimba Repertoire” – September 28, 2007

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; Solo Marimba Recital for Kronos Quartet Reception – September 7, 2007

St. Francis Episcopal Church; Potomac, MD; Percussion Lecture Recital – March 18, 2007

Maryland / Delaware Day of Percussion; Goucher College; Towson , MD; Percussion Recital – March 11, 2007

University of South Florida; Tampa, FL; Guest Artist Percussion Recital and Masterclass – January 8, 2007

Titusville High School; Titusville, FL; Percussion Lecture Recital and Masterclass – December 15, 2006

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; Master of Music Percussion Recital – October 8, 2006

University of South Florida; Tampa, FL; Senior Bachelor of Music Percussion Recital – Spring 2005

University of South Florida; Tampa, FL; Percussion Duo Recital – Spring 2004