Education:

2005             Master of Music Orchestral Performance- Cello,
                    Manhattan School of Music, NY
                    Primary Teachers: Alan Stepansky, Margo
                    Tatgenhorst-Drakos

2000             Bachelor of Music Cello Performance, Indiana
                    University, Bloomington
                    Primary Teachers: Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi,
                    Janos Starker

Experience:

2008             Winner - Calgary Philharmonic, section cello
                     audition

2008             Finalist- San Diego Symphony, associate principal cello
                     audition

2005             Miami Symphony, section cello

2005             Florida Grand Opera, section cello

2006-2008    New World Symphony, Miami; Fellow

2005             Finalist- New Haven Symphony, New Haven, CT

2005              Guys and Dolls, Off-Broadway

2004             Young Janacek String Quartet; Founding member

2003             Evansville Philharmonic, David Ott Double Cello
                     Concerto-Soloist

2004            New World Symphony, Miami, FL, Rome Tour /
                    Carnegie Tour - New World Symphony

2000-2003   Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Owensboro,
                    KY, Principal Cellist

2000-2003   Evansville Philharmonic, Evansville, IN, Associate
                    Principal Cellist

Festivals:

2004            Cantiere de Montepulciano Festival, Montepulciano,
                    Italy - Berlin, Germany

2001            Juilliard/Leipzig Conservatory Sommer Musik Festival,
                    Leipzig, Germany

2000-2002   Spoleto USA- Charleston, SC. Festival Orchestra

1998             Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, CO. Festival Orchestra

Master Classes: