EDUCATION

Master of Music (M.M.) New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA

Studio Music and Jazz/Classical (B.M.) University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

RECORDINGS

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AWARDS

Young Jazz Composer Award ASCAP Foundation - Honorable Mention 2005

Composer's Fellowship  North Carolina Arts Council 2002

Emerging Artist Award  Durham Arts Council 2000

Arts International Award  Travel funding to perform at the North Sea Jazz Festival 1999

Julius Hemphill Composition Award Jazz Composer’s Alliance- Runner-up 1999

TEACHING/EMPLOYMENT

2001-2006  Music Teacher K-12, Camelot Academy, Durham, NC

2000-2006 Co-owner and principal piano instructor, Artsplace Unlimited, Durham, NC

1999-2001 Music Teacher K-8, Kantner School, Durham, NC

1999-2000 Piano Teacher & Piano Sales, Boyce Music Emporium, Durham, NC

1998-1999 Music Teacher K-8, St. Anne's School, Somerville, MA

1996-1998 Private Piano/Sax Teacher, Graham and Parks School, Cambridge, MA

1996-1998 Music Director, Arts All Day, Cambridge, MA

1992-1996 Piano Teacher, Knoxville, TN