Musical Work
I currently work as a music clerk at Apple Mountain Music in Albuquerque, NM. www.applemtnmusic.com
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I have studied flute with:
- Valerie Potter Piccolo, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra Principal Flute, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra Associate Professor of Flute, University of New Mexico
- Carol Redman (specializing in baroque flute) Associate Artistic Director, Sante Fe Pro Musica 2008 Grammy Nominee
- Dr. Jennie Brown Guest Lecturer in Flute, Wheaton Conservatory
- Mary Stolper Principal Flute, Grant Park Symphony Principal Flute, Chicago Opera Theater Principal Flute, Falcrum Point (new music ensemble) Applied Flute, DePaul University School of Music
- Hideko Amano Adjunct Professor of Flute, DePaul University School of Music Adjunct Professor of Flute, Harper College
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I have ten years of private music instruction experience.
In addition to having my own flute, saxophone, and clarinet studio, I have taught at Naperville Music in Naperville, IL from the fall of 2007 through the spring of 2008 and Mike's Brass and Woodwind in Johnsburg, IL during the fall of 2005.
From the summer of 2004 through the summer of 2006, as the Associate Minister of Music at Joyful Harvest Lutheran Church in Johnsburg, IL, I led worship once a month.
I free lance regularly at weddings and other social events. Check out my "Musical Booking" page for more information on my services.
See below for my performance experience, and click on the tab at the upper left for information about my current events...
Recitals
- Wheaton College Senior Recital, Wheaton, IL 2008
- Wheaton College Junior Recital, Wheaton, IL 2007
- Wheaton College Sophomore Recital, Wheaton, IL* 2006
- Fourth Presbyterian Church Friday Concert Series, Chicago, IL 2006
- High School Senior Flute Recital, Fox Lake, IL 2004
*Performed on flute, Irish penny whistle, Chinese crystal flute, and Japanese shakuhachi
Solo Concerto Performances
- Chicago Youth Concert Orchestra , Chicago, IL 2002
- McHenry County Youth Orchestra, McHenry, IL 2001
Ensembles
- University of New Mexico Wind Symphony (1st Flute), Albuquerque, NM 2008
- Wheaton College Symphonic Band (Principal ‘06-‘08), Wheaton, IL 2005 - 2008
- DePaul University Wind Symphony, Chicago, IL 2004 - 2005
- Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, IL 2003 - 2004
- Chicago Youth Concert Orchestra, Chicago, IL 2001 – 2003
- McHenry County Youth Orchestra, McHenry, IL 1999 - 2001
Masterclasses – performed for the following musicians
- Jonathan Keeble, Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2007
- Mary Stolper, Principal Flute of the Grant Park Symphony 2006
- Walfrid Kujala, Professor at Northwestern University 2005
- Tadeu Coelho, Professor at the North Carolina School of the Arts 2004