Curriculum Vita

EDUCATION

DMA, Music Composition, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (2013)
MM, Music Composition, University of Missouri Kansas City (2005)
BA, Christian Education & Ministry, Music Minor, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL (2000)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Administrative Assistant, Department of Music Studies, Temple University.
Engraver: Klein, Michael. Music and the Crises of the Modern Subject. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, forthcoming (2015)
Graduate Assistant, ITCH ensemble Coordinator, Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC (2009)
Resident Assistant, Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC (2008)
Engraver, Telemann Cantata Project – Steven Zohn, Philadelphia, PA (2008-2009)

SELECT PERFORMANCES

A Mouthful. Sirio Boni and Eleonora Tomassetti. Third International Competition of Chamber Music, Piadena, Italy, 2014.
I Taste. Margot Rood/Lorelei Ensemble, Boston, 2014
Niggun Ein Sof. The Klezmer Company Orchestra, Boca Raton, 2014
Doctoral Recital, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
String Quartet No. 2, Movement 1; Momenta Quartet, New York City, 2009
Solo Concert, Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, 2008
Compline, St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Kansas City, 2001

PERFORMING

MAJOR TEACHERS

COMMISSIONS

Dreamscapes No. 1 for Accordion, Viola, & Tape. ACF Philadelphia & Second/Cycle (Chicago). For Stephanie Griffin & Erin Rafferty, 2015.
Niggun Ein Sof: A repurposed tune by Issachar Miron. Large Mixed Ensemble. Klezmer Company Orchestra, Boca Raton, FL, 2014.
To Us a Son is Given, Alleluia. SATB Choir. Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA, 2004
Nun Komm Der Heiden Heiland. Organ. Dr. Benjamin Leiby, 2007

RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS

Feinstein Center summer fellow, Reaching a Complete Understanding of Klezmer Music, Feinstein Center for American Jewish History (2015)
Momenta String Quartet (2009)
Composition Fellow, Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC (2008, 2009)
Glaux, Faculty Ensemble, Temple University (2007)

FIELD RESEARCH

CONFERENCES

Society for Music Theory 2014 Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, Uncovering the Functionality of Klezmer Music (2014)
Society of Composers, Inc., Region V Conference, Western Michigan University, Construction for Violin and Piano – performance (2014)
Jewish Networks Throughout Time and Space, Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Colloquim, Jewish Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania, The Development of Klezmer Music: A Patchwork of Intercultural Networks (2013)
Aspen Composers Conference, Aspen, CO, Sofia Gubaidulina’s Sieben Wörte – A Theological Interpretation (2011)
Confounding Expectations-Inspiring Minds, University of Calgary, Richard Strauss’ Elektra – Meter and Weininger’s Gender Identity Spectrum (2010)

AWARDS & GRANTS

Aaron Jay Kernis Master Class, Astral Artists (2010)
Edward B. Garrigues Scholarship, Temple University (2009-2010)
Frances Hutton Memorial Award, Temple University (2009)
American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter, Subito Grant (co-recepient on two grants under Jeremy Gill and Andy Laster), American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter (2009)
Pascal Gallois Concert Series Participant, American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter (2008)

COMMITTIES & ORGANIZATIONS

Adjudicator, SCI/ASCAP Student Competition (2014)
Society of Composers, Temple University Chapter, Program Coordinator (2010-2011)
Society of Composers, Temple University Chapter, Chapter President (2009-2010)
Temple Composers Orchestra, Founder & Manager (2009-2011)
General Activity Fee Committee, Temple University (2007-2011)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES