Teaching and Performing Experience

Early Experience

Began piano lessons in Kindergarten

Began violin in 4th grade in public elementary school

Began violin lessons in 7th grade

Junior High / High School

Performed in traveling fiddling group (2 years)

Leadership positions in multiple orchestra classes

High school Orchestra Council secretary and president

Violinist in pit orchestras for high school musicals:

• The Music Man
• Once Upon a Mattress
• My Fair Lady

Regional Orchestra participant - violin (4 years)

All-State Choir participant - Alto (1 year)

College

Arizona State University

Graduated 2009

Bachelor of Music - Music Education (String), Summa Cum Laude

Applied Violin / Performance:

Studied violin with Dr. Jonathan Swartz (4 years)

Performed with the ASU Sinfonietta (1 year) and ASU Symphony Orchestra (3 years)

Teaching Experience

Taught private violin and viola lessons as well as group strings classes with the ASU String Project (3 years)

Student Teaching

Highland Junior High School - Gilbert, AZ

Highland High School - Gilbert, AZ

Adams Elementary School - Mesa, AZ

Powell Junior High School - Mesa, AZ

Public School Teaching

Paradise Valley Unified School District (2010—2017)

• Elementary Strings

Private Teaching

Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano, and Ukulele lessons (10+ years)

• Tempe, Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale

Prepared students for successful regionals, all-state, and university entrance auditions

Other

Accompanied church choir - piano (1 year)

Conducted adult church choir (1 year)

Accompanied orchestra classes on piano (7+ years)

Directed and accompanied children's choir (4 years) - school and church

Taught group piano class (1 semester)

Taught elementary summer school music classes - grades K-3 (2 summers)

Church choir member

Church piano accompanist

Recorded, edited, and created audio accompaniment tracks using digital piano and audio editing software (GarageBand)

Composed original music - violin and piano

Composed original songs - ukulele

Arranged music for orchestra ensembles

Proficient in music notation software (Finale)