Degrees

B.A. in Music
(Violin Performance)
SUNY Stony Brook University, Honors College
Summa Cum Laude
(GPA 3.99)

M.M. candidate (SUNY Stony Brook)
Awarded Staller Scholarship : full tuition
T.A. to Prof. Sheila Silver
currently on leave of absence

Training

Classical 

Soovin Kim 
(Curtis Institute of Music)
Professor of Violin and Chamber Music, Stony Brook University
years studied under: 2007-2011

Phil Setzer (Julliard School)
Professor of Violin and Chamber Music, Stony Brook University
Founding member of the Emerson String Quartet
years studied under: 2006-2011

Phillippe Graffin
Artist in Residence, Stony Brook University
years studied under: 2007-2009

Jazz Improvisation

Ray Anderson
Director of Jazz Studies, SUNY Stony Brook
years studied: 2007-2011

Baroque Studies

Arthur Haas

Professor of Harpsichord, Early Music Performance and Continuo at SUNY Stonybrook
active member of Baroque Ensemble/Orchestra (2010-2011)

Performance Resume (Nashville)

 Upcoming

Trace Adkins:
The Christmas Show Tour
(Nov/Dec 2013) 

CMA Awards 2013
(Bridgestone Arena)

CMA Country Christmas 2013 
(Bridgestone Arena)

Past 

Martina McBride
Joy of Christmas Tour
(Nov/Dec 2012)
first violin/string quartet leader

Rod Stewart
Heart and Soul Tour
Bridgestone Arena (July, 2012) section string player

Eric Church
CMT Awards (Dec 2012) 
”Homeboy” performance.

CMA Awards
Bridgestone Arena
(Nov 2012, 2011)
house band

 

Recording Studio

CMA Awards Pre-Record
(Nashville, Oct 2011,2013)

Broadway Cast of Jersey Boys Christmas Album
Broadway’s Carols for a Cure 2010: Volume 12 (with Jersey Boys Cast – July 2010)

 


Live Performance

Barber Violin Concerto, First Mvmt

Bach EM Prelude

Sam Palladio (Artist/band)
Grand Ole Opry (various 2012-2013)
solo violinist

CMA Country Christmas
(Dec 2012, 2011)
house band

 

Awards and Distinctions

Scholarship Awards

2010 Recipient of ‘Staller’ Scholarship, providing full tuition towards my MM degree

2008 Recipient of the ‘Arthur S. Lambert’ Prize (SBU Music Dept.) – awarded to a student who demonstrates an academic focus on music.

 

Orchestra/Ensemble:

Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra+

National Orchestral Institute and Festival Orchestra*+

Stony Brook Graduate Baroque Ensemble and Orchestra*+

Stony Brook University Orchestra*+

New Paltz Youth Symphony Orchestra

Barnard-Columbia Orchestra^

New York All State Orchestra

 Baroque Ensemble groups SUNY Stony Brook (2010, 2011)

Chamber groups coached by the Emerson Quartet
SUNY Stony Brook (2008-2011)

 

Stony Brook University Orchestra*+

New Paltz Youth Symphony Orchestra

Barnard-Columbia Orchestra^

Nexus Chamber Orchestra
section player

KEY

+ served as principal of section for at least one concert/performance

*  served as concertmaster for at least one concert/performance

^ professional substitute

Second Prize winner in Stony Brook Undergraduate Concerto Competition 2009

Recipient of Bright Lights Scholarship from SBU Music Department- Awarded to students talented in performance for four years.