University of Kentucky

Doctor of Musical Arts in Viola Performance, 2004

*Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2001 - 2002

(Competitive University-Wide Fellowship)

*Presidential Graduate Year Fellowship(s), 1998 - 2001

(Competitive University-Wide Fellowship)

*Viola Studies with Dorotea Vismara Hoffman

*Chamber Music Instruction with Benjamin Karp and Daniel Mason

*Chamber Music Master Class with Jaime Laredo

*Principal Viola, University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra

Manhattan School of Music

Master of Music in Viola Performance, 1991

*Tuition Scholarship, 1989 - 1991

*Viola Studies with Paul Neubauer

*Viola Master Class with Emmanuel Vardi

*Chamber Music Instruction with Kenneth Cooper and Marc Silverman

*Chamber Music Master Class with Michael Tree

*Assistant Principal Viola, Manhattan Philharmonia

Lawrence University Conservatory of Music

Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance summa cum laude, 1989

*Henry Merritt Wriston Scholarship Award, 1986 - 1989

(Competitive University-Wide Scholarship)

*Elizabeth Black Miller String Scholarship, 1988

*Paul V. Bacon Prize in Latin, 1988

*Pi Kappa Lambda, 1988

*Viola Studies with Matthew Michelic and Nancy Messuri

*Viola Master Classes with Thomas Riebl and Jeffrey Showell

*Chamber Music Instruction with John Cox and Martin Fischer

*Chamber Music Master Class with the Orion String Quartet

*Principal Viola, Lawrence University Symphony Orchestra

Hardin-Simmons University

Visiting Instructor, 2006 - present

Operations Director, Abilene Summer Music Festival, 2007 - present

*Faculty Responsibilities Include Instruction in Viola, Violin, Chamber Music

and Teaching Freshman Music Theory

*Operations Director Responsibilities Include Budget Monitoring, Preparing

Grant Applications and Follow-up Reports, Faculty/Student Schedules and

Room Assignments/Setup During the Festival, and General Administration

University of Southern Mississippi

Visiting Assistant Professor of Viola, 2004 - 2005

*Responsibilities Included Instruction in Viola and Chamber Music, Teaching

Viola Pedagogy and Freshman and Sophomore Music Theory

University of Missouri - Columbia

Visiting Assistant Professor of Viola, 2003 - 2004

*Responsibilities Included Instruction in Viola and Chamber Music, Teaching

Viola Literature, and Directing the Missouri String Project

University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

Lecturer, Preparatory Department, 2001 - 2002

*Responsibilities Included Instruction in Viola, Violin, and Chamber Music

for Violas and Violins With an Áccent Program

University of Kentucky

Teaching Assistant, 1997 - 2001

*Responsibilities Included Supplemental Viola Instruction and University of

Kentucky Symphony Orchestra Viola Sectional Rehearsals

Camp Encore/Coda

Ellen Donohue-Saltman and James Saltman, Directors

Sweden, Maine, June - July/August 1998, 2002 - 2008

*Faculty Responsibilities Include Instruction in Viola and Chamber Music,

Conducting Repertory Orchestra, Viola Sectional Rehearsals, and Advanced

Music Theory Instruction

Abilene Summer Music Festival

Tido Janssen (2001 - 2006)/Peter Isaacson (2007 - present), Artistic Director

Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, June 2002 - 2007

*Faculty Responsibilities Include Viola Master Classes, Instruction in Chamber

Music, and Viola Sectional Rehearsals

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

Edwin Bingham, Program Director

Blue Lake, Michigan, June - July 1995 -1997

*Faculty Responsibilities Included Viola Master Classes, Viola Sectional

Rehearsals, and Chamber Music Instruction

Clinics/Master Classes

*Viola Master Class, University of Arkansas, February 2008

*Viola Master Class, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing

and Visual Arts, Dallas, Texas, November 2007

*Viola Master Class, University of Utah, October 2006

*Viola Master Class, University of Arkansas, April 2006

*String Master Class, Presbyterian College Pre-College Department, Clinton,

South Carolina, January 2006

*Chamber Orchestra String Sectional Master Class, Milton Academy, Milton,

Massachusetts, October 2005

*Viola Sectional Coach, Mississippi All-State Orchestra, April 2005

*String Master Class, Rider High School, Wichita Falls, Texas, February 2005

*Viola Sectional Coach, Kentucky Music Educators Association All-State

Convention, February 2002

*Viola Master Class, Marshall University, September 2001

*Viola Sectional Coach, Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras, 1998 - 2002

Adjudication

*Texas Music Educators Association All-State Philharmonic Viola Seating

Auditions, San Antonio, Texas, February 2008

*Texas Music Educators Association Region 16 Orchestra Auditions, Abilene,

Texas, October 2007

*South Carolina MTNA Young Artist & Senior String/Young Artist

Chamber Music Competition, Spartanburg, South Carolina, November 2005

*Mississippi MTNA Pre-College Strings Auditions, Hattiesburg, Mississippi,

April 2005

*St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association Middle Grades Solo and

Small Ensemble Festival, February 2004

*South Carolina Music Educators Association District 5 Solo and Ensemble

Festival, March 2003

Music98/Music99/Music2000/Music2001

Joel Hoffman, Artistic Director

University of Cincinnati, June 1998 - 2001

*Guest Artist on Festival for Contemporary Chamber Music

*World Premiere of Garth Hangartner Lost Poems for Viola and Piano

*Collaborations/Performances with Aaron Jay Kernis, Steve Reich, Augusta Read Thomas, Michael Torke, and Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and eighth blackbird

Ensembleakademie IMPULS

Graz, Austria, September 2000

*Thomastik-Infeld Tuition Scholarship

*Viola Studies with Michael Gieler

*Chamber Music Instruction with Ernst Kovacic and Andreas Lindenbaum

*Performance on Ensemble Concerts

Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik

Darmstadt, Germany, July 2000

*Viola Studies with Barbara Maurer

*Chamber Music Instruction with Lucas Fels

*Performance in Studio Concert and Ensemble Concert

Estate Musicale a Portogruaro

Portogruaro, Italy, August - September 1999

*2nd Prize, Best New Chamber Music Ensemble (Grieg String Quartet)

*Viola Studies with Vladimir Mendelssohn and Piero Massa

*Chamber Music Instruction with Boris Baraz

*Orchestra Performance with Conductor Bruno Giuranna

Accademia Musicale Chigiana

Siena, Italy, July - August 1999

*Chamber Music Instruction with Alain Meunier and Bruno Boano

*Performance in Chamber Music Class Recitals, Palazzo Chigi Saracini, Siena,

Italy and Palazzo Communale, Todi, Italy, July 1999

National Repertory Orchestra

Carl Topilow, Music Director

Keystone, Colorado, June - August 1990 - 1991

*Concerts with Conductors Enrique Arturo Diemecke, Otto-Werner

Mueller, Roger Nierenberg, Bernard Rubinstein, Gunther Schuller, and

James Setapen

Colorado College Summer Conservatory

Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 1988 - 1989

*Viola Studies with Matthew Michelic

*Chamber Music Instruction with Panayis Lyras, Kim Scholes, and William

Wolfram

Oberlin College Baroque Performance Institute

Oberlin, Ohio, June - July 1987

*Viola Studies with Jane Starkman

*Chamber Music Instruction with Max von Egmond and Kenneth Slowik

Abilene Chamber Players

Abilene, Texas, 2006 - present

*Faculty Ensemble at Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas

*Appearance on the Chamber Music Series at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, January 2009

*Recitals at Woodward-Dellis Recital Hall, Hardin-Simmons University, February 2007/November 2007/November 2008

*Appearance on the Marvin Concert Series, Marvin United Methodist Church, Tyler, Texas, November 2006

Esterhazy Quartet

Columbia, Missouri, 2003 - 2004

*Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Missouri - Columbia

*Recitals at Whitmore Recital Hall, University of Missouri - Columbia, December 2003/April 2004

*Residency at Berklee College of Music, April 2004

Yamaguchi-NAME Duo (viola and piano)

Lexington, Kentucky/Cincinnati, Ohio, 2000 - 2002

*Recitals Sponsored by Il Coretto at Auditorium Vallisa, Bari, Italy and at Tenuta Il Corno, San Casciano Val di Pesa, Italy, November 2001

*Recitals Sponsored by Student Artist Program, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, April and October 2001

*Recital on Chamber Music 10 and More! Series, Smith Recital Hall, Marshall University, September 2001

*Recital on Niles Gallery Series, University of Kentucky, September 2001

*Appearance on UK Friends of Music Sunday Salon Series, September 2001

*Appearance on Garth Hangartner D.M.A. Composition Recital, Corbett Theater, University of Cincinnati, May 2001

Niles String Quartet

Lexington, Kentucky, 1997 - 2001

*Graduate Residency, University of Kentucky, 1997 - 2001

*Recitals at Recital Hall, Memorial Hall and Niles Gallery, University of Kentucky, December 1997/April, December 1998/April, December 1999/April, December 2000/April 2001

*Offered Chamber Music America Rural Residency, April 2000

*Appearance on Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour and Live Radio Broadcast on WRVG-FM/Georgetown, Kentucky, November 1999

*Participation in Audubon Quartet Intensive String Quartet Seminar, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, May 1998/1999

*Semifinalist, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, May 1998

Ad Hoc String Quartet

Evanston, Illinois, 1995 - 1997

*Performance on University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players Series with Easley Blackwood and John Bruce Yeh, May 1997

*Concerts at the Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago, April 1997; Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, February 1997; and the Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, October 1996 Under the Auspices of the Aaron Kritz Music Scholarship Fund

*Performance on Chicago 20th Century Music Series at Harold Washington Library Featuring the World Premiere Performance of Brian Fennelly Skyscapes for Saxophone and String Quartet, May 1996

*Concerts on First Congregational Church Concert Series, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, May 1996; First Presbyterian Church Concert Series, Arlington Heights, Illinois, April 1996; and Village Presbyterian Church Concert Series, Northbrook, Illinois, February 1996

*Live Radio Broadcast on WFMT-FM/Chicago, Illinois Featuring the American Premiere of Michael Torke July 19th, February 1997

*Recording with Claudia Hommel for Joëlle Productions

Heidenheim Quartet

Elgin, Illinois, 1992 - 1994

*Alumni Recital at Lawrence University, April 1994

*Guest Recital, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 1993

*Summer Residency at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Featuring the American Premiere of Michael Torke Chalk and Live Radio Broadcasts on WBLV-FM/Twin Lake, Michigan, June - July 1992 - 1993

Concerto Performances

*Joseph Schubert Concerto in C Major with the Presbyterian College Orchestra, Clinton, South Carolina, April 2009

*Carl Maria von Weber Andante e Rondo ungarese with the University of Utah Symphony Orchestra, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2006

*W. A. Mozart Sinfonia Concertante with the Camp Encore/Coda Chamber Orchestra, Deertrees Theatre, Harrison, Maine, July 2006

*Paul Hindemith Trauermusik with the Abilene Summer Music Festival Philharmonic Orchestra, Abilene, Texas, June 2002

Solo Recitals/Recital Apperarances

*Faculty Recitals, Woodward-Dellis Recital Hall, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, April 2006/March 2007/November 2007/November 2008

*Guest Recital, Alma Thomas Theater, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, November 2008

*Guest Recital, Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, University of Arkansas, February 2008

*Faculty Recital Series, Edmunds Hall, Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina, January 2006

*Guest Recital, First English Lutheran Church, Appleton, Wisconsin, December 2005

*Guest Recital, Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas, February 2005

*Guest Recital, Woodward-Dellis Recital Hall, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, February 2005

*Faculty Recital, Marsh Auditorium, University of Southern Mississippi, January 2005

*Faculty Recital, Whitmore Recital Hall, University of Missouri - Columbia, April 2004

*Artist Recital Series, University of North Carolina - Wilmington, March 2003

*Joint Solo/Chamber Music Recital, Temple for Performing Arts, Des Moines, Iowa, February 2003

*D.M.A. Recitals, Recital Hall/Niles Gallery, University of Kentucky, November 1998/February 2000/April 2001/March 2003

*Faculty Chamber Music Series, Recital Salon, Virginia Tech, December 1999:

J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos with the Audubon Quartet

*Guest Recital, Federated Music Club, Lexington, Kentucky, January 1999

Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra

David Itkin, Music Director

Substitute (Principal) Viola, 2006 - present

Des Moines Symphony Orchestra

Joseph Giunta, Music Director

Substitute Viola, 2002 - 2003

Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra

Brian Groner, Music Director

Acting Principal Viola, 2002 - 2003

*Recording of Libby Larsen Dreaming Blue for Rhode-Kil Records

Owensboro Symphony Orchestra

Nicholas Palmer, Music Director

Substitute Viola, 1999 - 2002

Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra

George Zack, Music Director

Section Viola, 1997 - 2001

Ravinia Festival Orchestra

Section Viola, August 1996/July - August 1997

*Concerts with Conductors Christoph Eschenbach, Erich Kunzel, David Alan Miller, and Keri-Lynn Wilson

Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra

Catherine Comet, Music Director

Substitute Viola, 1995 - 1997

Chicago Sinfonietta

Paul Freeman, Music Director

Section Viola, 1997

*Recording for Cedille Records

Chicago String Ensemble

Alan Heatherington and Allan Lewis, Music Directors

Section Viola, 1992 - 1997

*Recordings for Albany and Centaur Records

Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra

Robert Vodnoy, Music Director

Section Viola, 1992 - 1997; Librarian, 1994 - 1995/1996 - 1997

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra

Carmon DeLeone, Music Director

Substitute Viola, 1992 - 1997; Personnel Manager, 1993 - 1997

Rockford Symphony Orchestra

Steven Larsen, Music Director

Section Viola, 1992 - 1996

Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

Richard Auldon Clark, Music Director

Section Viola, 1989 - 1992

*Concerts in Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Town Hall, and

Symphony Space

*Recordings for Newport Classic and Neil A. Kjos Music Company

American Composers Forum

*Encore! Grant for Repeat Performances of Richard Johnson Listen to Ravens

(Commission), 2005 - 2006

Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia for Baritone Saxophone and Piano

*Ken Dorn Publishing, Needham, Massachusetts