Teaching Experience
The Hartt School Community Division, Violin Faculty ('05-present)
-Violin teacher, Simsmore Square and Hartt locations
-Gifts of Music Instructore, violin and viola, West Hartford Public Schools ('05-'06)
Private Studio Teacher, violin and viola, ages 5-adult ('97-'99 & '03-present)
-Students accepted in Connecticut Northern Regional Middle and H.S. Orchestras, Eastern Regional H.S. Orchestra, Inter-El Orchestra, and New England Music Camp
Poquonock Elementary School, Elementary Strings Sub. Teacher (Nov. & Dec. '06)
-Full-time strings substitute, grades 1-5
Farmington Summer Suzuki String Academy, Faculty (summer '06)
-Taught violin reading, review and repertoire classes; String Quartet Coach
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Violin Faculty (summer '05)
-Taught violin sectionals, technique class and fiddle elective
-Performed in faculty orchestra, live broadcast on Michigan Public Radio
Intensive Community Program Summer Camp, Teaching Faculty (summer '00)
-Taught inner-city minority youth musical concepts and string instrument basics
Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, Chamber Music Coach ('00-'03)
-GBYSO summer camp and substitute chamber coach
Education
The Hartt School, M. Music, violin performance (May '05)
-Full Scholarship, 20/20 honors chamber music program
-Best of Chamber Music Award
Boston University, B.Music, violin performance (May '03)
-Graduated summa cum laude, Valedictorian of the College of Fine Arts
-National Merit Scholar
-Pi Kappa Lambda musical honor society
Minor in French, study abroad in Grenoble, France
Starling-Delay Symposium, Juilliard, Participant ('05 & '07)
-Faculty Development Grant from the Hartt Community Division ('07)
Violin Studies with Katie Lansdale, Bayla Keyes, Graybert Beacham
Violin Pedagogy Studies with Teri Einfeldt, Bonnie Black
Master Classes with Isaac Stern, Pamela Frank, Andrew Dawes, Claude Richard, Miami and Muir String Quartets
Performance Experience
The West End String Quartet, Violinist ('05-present)
-American Composers Forum Encore grant for new music
-Concerts in Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Hartford, and Farmington, ME
-Runner-up in MENC Regional Competition, '07
Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival Young Artists, West End String Quartet (summer '07)
-Performances with Benjamin Hochman, Jennifer Koh, Anthea Kreston, Gary Levinson, Stefan Milenkovich, Sophie Shao, Eugenia Zukerman, and the Rossetti String Quartet
-Broadcast on NPR's Performance Today
-Outreach concerts, including children's concert
Celtic Knots Irish Contra Dance Band, Fiddler ('06-present)
Wallingford Symphony Orchestra, ('04-present)
-Principal Second Violin ('06-present)
Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra ('06)
Waterbury Symphony Orchestra ('04-present)
New Britain Symphony Orchestra ('04-'05, '07-present)
Concertmaster, Hartt Symphony Orchestra ('03-'05)
Winner, Concerto Competition, University of Maine at Farmington ('97 & '99)
Winner, Franklin County Fiddle Contest ('95)
