Education: DMA, School of Music, University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 2014 MM, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University Houston, TX 2006 BME & BM, Instrumental Music Education School of Music, University of Oklahoma, with honors Norman, OK 2004 Performance: DFW Brass Founding Member & Director Performance, Education and Touring 2014-Present Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain Artist - Faculty 2016 Oklahoma Band Master s Association Clinician and Performer 2016 Dallas Workshop Clinician and Performer 2016 Second International Brass Festival, Guest Artist & Clinician Private Lessons Master Classes Soloist Director, Ensemble Chamber Music Coach Guanajuato Mexico 2016 Matilda, AT&T Performing Arts Center/Broadway Tour Lead 2015 IF/THEN, AT&T Performing Arts Center/Broadway Tour Solo 2016 1
Performance Continued: Johnny Mathis Local Band Dallas, TX 2015 Windstar Casino, Oklahoma 2016 Mario Frangoulis Local Band, Dallas, TX 2014 Oklahoma City Philharmonic Extra 2002-Present Faculty/Artist-in-Residence, Alfredo San Malo Music Festival of Panama US Coordinator Chamber Music & Orchestral Performances Chamber Music Performances Solo Recital Performances L'Histoire du Soldat, Panama National Premiere Panama City, Panama 2007-Present The Musical Paradigm Orchestral, Dallas TX 2014, 2015 Classical Music Festival Solo & Orchestral Performer Eisenstadt, AUSTRIA (EU) Summer 2015 Blast of Brass Brass Ensemble Performer Texas A & M Commerce 2013-Present West Virginia Festival of s Guest Artist Soloist Master Classes Private Lessons Huntington, WV 2013 World Economic Forum 40 th Anniversary Concert, Principal Valery Giergiev and Carlos Miguel Prieto, Conductors Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY 2010 2
Performance Continued: 7 th International Festival of Sacred Art and Music, High Mass Principal Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, St. Peter s Basilica, Vatican City, Rome 2008 Giuseppe Verdi Lyrical Theater Orchestra, Assistant Principal, Trieste, Italy 2006-2007 Les Femmes Five Brass Quintet, Founder & Core Member 2010 Beaumont Symphony Orchestra, Extra Beaumont, TX 2004-2006 Irving Symphony Orchestra, Extra Irving, TX Plano Symphony Orchestra, Extra Plano, TX 2009 Present 2009 Present Enid Symphony Orchestra, Section Enid, OK 2005-2010 Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra, Section Las Colinas, TX 2009-2010 Imperial Brass 2011-2014 National Competition, Graduate Solo Division 2nd place 2008 4th place 2006 National Competition, Undergraduate Solo Division Finalist Fairfax, VA 2004 National Competition, Etude Competition Winner 2004 3
Performance Continued: New World Symphony Sub list 2005 2007 Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra Guanajuato, Mexico 2008 Youth Orchestra of the Americas Gustavo Dudamel Carlos M. Prieto Placido Domingo, Conductors Principal 2005-2010 Shepherd School of Music, Rice University Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra Graduate Brass Quintet Ensemble Undergraduate Non-Major Lessons 2004-2006 International Guild Conferences Soloist with Performing Group Dallas, TX 2003 Denver, CO 2004 Aspen Music Festival Festival Orchestra Chamber Orchestra Brass Quintet Aspen, CO 2002 Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Faculty Band Brass Quintet Blue Lake, MI 2001 University of Oklahoma Concerto Competition Finalist Norman, OK 2002 Interlochen Arts Camp 1998 4
Publications: Preparation for Audition Versus Performance: An Examination of Four Prominent Orchestral Excerpts for, Author, Dissertation Document, University of Oklahoma School of Music, December 2014. The Importance of Warming Up and Developing a Routine, Author International Guild Magazine, June 2011 Issue, Page 71 Communication: An Essential Part of Performance, Author International Guild Magazine, June 2009 Issue, Page 73 Recording Experience: Pipe Dreams 2016 The Legacy, Documentary featuring Youth Orchestra of the Americas, Principal Lobo Productions 2009 Messa Da Requiem, Giuseppe Verdi, Conducted by Placido Domingo Recorded Live in Munich,, Available on CD and Special Edition DVD, Glor Music Productions Germany/EU 2006 Classical, Jazz & Beyond Featured Soloist on CD Available on ITunes Recorded in Dallas, TX and Denison, TX 2011 Papa John Featured Soloist on CD Recorded in Dallas, TX 2013 DFW BRASS Brass and Organ Recording in Progress Flower Mound, TX 2015-2016 5
Workshops, Master Classes & Recitals: Oklahoma Bandmaster s Association Tulsa, OK 2016 Dallas Workshop 2016 Oklahoma Arts Institute 2016 Second International Brass Festival Gunajuato, Mexico 2016 Hebron High School Summer Band Camp 2009-Present Guyer High School Concerto Competition Judge 2016 Texas A & M Commerce Faculty Brass Quintet Commerce, TX 2015 Dallas Workshop, Guest Artist/Clinician 2015, 2016 Eastfield College, Recital Dallas, TX 2015 West Virginia Festival of s Huntington, WV 2014 Mountain View College Dallas, TX 2012, 2014 Sunnyvale High School Sunnyvale, TX 2013 Baylor University Waco, TX 2012 University of Oklahoma School of Music Studio Norman, OK 2006-2012 6
Workshops, Master Classes & Recitals Con t: The Music Festival for Peace, Orchestra Section Chicago, IL 2009 Bethel College Studio North Newton, KS 2008 University of Panama School of Music Brass Studios 2007, 2008, 2009 Panama City, Panama 2010, 2011 Marshall University Studio Huntington, WV 2006, 2007 Lewisville Independent School District: Hebron High School, Carrolton, TX 2009 - Present Arbor Creek Middle School, Carrolton, TX 2010, 2011, 2012 Briar Hill Middle School, Flower Mound, TX 2009 - Present Northwest Independent School District Tidwell Middle School, Roanoke, TX 2010, 2011 Putnam City North High School Section Oklahoma City, OK 2010 McCloud High School Band Program/ Section McCloud, OK 2011 Clear Creek Independent School District League City, TX 2004, 2005, 2006 Tecumseh Public Schools Band Program Tecumseh, OK 2004 7
Festival Performances with Orchestras Classical Music Festival Austria 2015 Alfredo San Malo Music Festival Panama 2009, 2012, 2014 CCM Spoleto Music Festival Italy 2011 Le Domain Forget Music Festival Québec 2009 Great Waters International Music Festival Wolfeboro, New Hampshire 2009 Le Festival Bel Canto Québec 2009 Music Festival for Peace Chicago, IL 2009 Knowlton Festival 2009 Montreal TEDx Boston Conference 2009 Campos do Jordao Music Festival Brazil 2008 Snape Maltings Aldeburgh, England 2006 Festival de Musique de Menton Menton, France 2006 Young Euro Classic Music Festival Germany 2006 Musica Riva Festival Riva Del Garda, Italy 2006 Spoleto Music Festival USA Charleston, SC 2005 Aspen Music Festival and School Aspen, CO 2002 Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Blue Lake, MI 2001 8
Teaching Experience: Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain Artist Faculty 2016 Dallas Workshop Guest Artist/Clinician 2015 Clinician/Performer 2016 Master Classes & Lessons 2015-2016 Oklahoma Bandmaster s Association Clinician & Performer 2016 Adjunct Professor of, Department of Music, Mountain View College Foundations of Music Courses, Lecturer Music Appreciation Courses, Lecturer Applied Lessons Non-Major Lessons Non-Major Horn Lessons Dallas, TX, 2009 - Present Adjunct Professor of Music, North Central Texas College Music Appreciation, Lecturer Online Corinth, TX Flower Mound, TX 2012-Present West Virginia Festival of s, Guest Artist/Soloist Private Instruction Chamber Music Coach Director of Ensemble Huntington, WV 2013 Lewisville Independent School District, Private Lessons Instructor Briarhill Middle School and Hebron High School Private Lessons Ensemble Master Classes Chamber Music Coach Summer Band Camp Instructor Highland Village / Carrolton, TX 2009 Present 9
Teaching Experience Con t Adjunct Professor of, School of Music, University of Oklahoma Applied Lessons Master Class Orchestral Excerpts Class Ensemble Faculty Brass Quintet Norman, OK 2010-2012 Adjunct Professor of, School of Music, Southern Nazarene University Applied Lessons Non-Major Lessons Bethany, OK 2008 2009 Faculty, Summer Artist-in-Residence Alfredo San Malo Music Festival Lessons Sectionals Brass Sectionals Coach Chamber Music Ensembles Panama City, Panama/Central America 2007 - Present Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Music, University of Oklahoma Applied & Non-Major Lessons Studio Class Master Class Ensemble Norman, OK 2006-2009 Substitute Professor of, Department of Music, Marshall University, Applied Lesson & Non-Major Lessons Studio Master Class Ensemble Huntington, WV SP 2006, SP 2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University Non-Major Lessons Brass Ensemble Houston, TX 2004-2006 10
Teaching Experience Con t: Spoleto USA Music Festival, Private Lessons and Mentor Program, Private Lessons, Charleston, SC 2005 Private Instructor, League City Independent School District Creek Side Middle School Private Lessons Master Classes Ensemble Chamber Music Coach League City, TX 2004-2006 Interim Director of Bands Crooked Oak Public Schools Concert Band Chamber Music Private Lessons Oklahoma City, OK 2004 Student Teacher, Tecumseh Public Schools Band Program High School Concert Band Middle School Concert Band Beginner Brass Classes Beginner Woodwind Classes Jazz Band Private Lessons Ensemble Marching Band Tecumseh, OK 2003 Instructor and Master Class Clinician, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Private Lessons Master Classes Chamber Music Coach Soloist 11
Honors and Awards: NCTC Faculty Extra Mile Award 2015 Richardson Solo and Ensemble Contest Judge Richardson, TX 2010, 2012, 2014 Graduate Student Senate Research Grant University of Oklahoma 2007-08 Graduate Teaching Assistantship University of Oklahoma 2006-09 Mary Clark Miley Scholarship in Music University of Oklahoma 2007-2010 Armando Ghittalla Scholarship and Samuel Slack Scholarship Full Tuition, Shepherd School of Music Rice University 2004-2006 Youth Orchestra of the Americas, Full Scholarship Principal, Tour of South America 2005 Principal, Tour of Europe 2006 Principal, Tour of South America 2008 Principal, Tour of North America 2009 Robert Tyler Logan Scholarship for Summer Study Aspen Music Festival and School 2002 Outstanding Undergraduate Student University of Oklahoma 2002 Patti Johnson Wilson Scholarship University of Oklahoma 1999-2003 Oscar J. Lehrer Band Award University of Oklahoma 1999-2003 University Women s Association Scholarship University of Oklahoma 1999-2002 Phi Beta Mu, Outstanding Bandsman of the Year Award 1999 Holmberg Scholarship University of Oklahoma 1998-1999 Emerson Scholar, Interlochen Arts Academy 1998 President s Honor Roll, University of Oklahoma 1998-200 12
Conductors/Artists Worked With: Placido Domingo Itzhak Perlman Valery Giergiev Gabriela Montero Gustavo Dudamel Joshua Bell Sandy Patti Michael Card Helmuth Rilling Benjamin Zander Neil Sedaka David Itkin Isaac Karabtchevsky Plamena Mangova Frederick Fennell Larry Rachleff Julius Rudel Hans Graf Paquito D Rivera Carlos Miguel Prieto Marco Boemi Rachel Barton Pine Nelson Freire Matt Haimovitz Johnny Mathis 13
Affiliations: DFW Brass, Founding Member International Guild Texas Music Educators Association International Women s Brass Conference American Federation of Musicians, Local 72-147 Les Femmes Five Brass Quintet, Founding Member Alfredo de San Malo Music Festival of Panama, US Coordinator The National Competition of Panama, Co-Founder The Chancellor s List, Academic Honor for Graduate Students Pi Kappa Lambda Tau Beta Sigma Golden Key International Honor Society Gamma Beta Phi Academic Honor Society National Society of Collegiate Scholars Primary Teachers: Dr. Karl Sievers, University of Oklahoma & Oklahoma City Philharmonic Mauro Maur, Principal, Rome Opera, Retired Ms. Marie Speziale, Rice University & Cincinnati Symphony, Retired Dr. Jacob Larson, University of Oklahoma, Retired Dr. Frank Pancho Romero, New Mexico State University Susan Clothier, Putnam City High School Director of Bands, Oklahoma City, OK 14