B.M. University of Missouri; M.M. The Boston Conservatory. Studies with Max
Levinson, Peter Miyamoto, and Ayako Tsuruta. Additional private study with
Elinor Freer, Andrew Cooperstock, Michael Lewin, and Jerome Lowenthal.
Masterclasses with Ilana Vered, Sergio diSimone, Henri Brassard, Mykola Suk,
Idil Biret, Abbey Simon, Irina Morozova, Vladmir Shakin, Janice Weber, Thomas
Lanners, and Philip Kawin. Appeared in solo and orchestral halls across the
United States, Canada, and Europe which include music festival performances at
the Brevard Music Festival, Le Centre d’Arts Orford (Montreal), The Las Vegas
Music Festival, Sound Encounters at the New England Conservatory, Brandeis
Chamber Music Festival, and Music Fest Perugia (Italy), among others. Live
performances on WSQR National Public Radio, solo performance at the Governor’s
Mansion (Jefferson City). Collaborator with Laura Hall of ABC’s Whose Line Is
It Anyway? for a New Year’s Eve benefit performance. Two-time consecutive
winner of both the Boston Conservatory Piano Honors Competition and the Boston
Conservatory Chamber Ensemble Honors Competition. A frequent interpreter of new
music -- premieres of works by established composers include Kenji Bunch, Andy
Vores, and Lowell Liebermann; new music performances with the Ludivico
Ensemble, Juventas, and the Columbia Chamber Soloists. Member of the Pianist
Partnering Program at the Boston Conservatory – a small select group of
pianists chosen to collaborate with the top vocal/instrumental students at the
Conservatory. Private teacher, vocal coach, and musical director throughout the
Boston area; Staff Accompanist at the Boston Conservatory.
