Professional Experience

• Charlotte Symphony Orchestra: Piccolo/Third Flute
• Queen City Virtuosi: Principal Flute
• Ethos Chamber Music Consortium: Principal Flute
• Charleston Symphony Orchestra: Piccolo, Piccolo Spoleto Festival
• Kentucky Symphony Orchestra: Piccolo
• Sorg Opera Company: Piccolo/Second Flute
• Opera Theater of Lucca: Principal Flute: Opera Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra
• Civic Orchestra of Chicago
• Queen City Trio: Founder (Flute, Violin and Cello)
• Artist in Residence at Piccoloist.com

Appearances

 2010

• Featured Performer, South Carolina Flute Society Spring Flute Festival: Jacob The Pied Piper
• Providence Chamber Music Series: Performance of Ginastera Duo for Flute and Oboe
• Piccolo and Flute Master Class, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Providence Chamber Music Recital Series: Performance of Francaix Trio for Flute, Cello and Harp

2009

• Charlotte Chamber Music- Donor Appreciation Chamber Music Recital, Charlotte
• "Piccolo Through the Ages" Solo Recital, Raleigh Area Flute Association: Meredith University
• Piccolo Master Class, Raleigh Area Flute Association
• Master Class Clinician and Guest Recitalist: University of South Carolina
• Gesangverein Harmonie Holzheim, Amerikanisch - Deutschen Musikabend: Holzheim, Germany
• Providence Chamber Music Recital Series: Performance of Carter Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux II and Watters Dual Excursions
• Providence Chamber Music Recital Series: Performance of Phillips Rain Dance

2008

• National Flute Association Convention: Kansas City, MO: Performer- Jack Wellbaum Tribute, Mixed Flute Salad, Honoring Jindrich Feld and Elliott Carter, Adjudicator- Orchestral Audition Competition
• Guest Faculty and Recitalist: East Carolina University Flute Symposium
• Providence Chamber Music Recital Series: Performance of Debussy Trio for Flute,Viola and Harp

2007

• "Audition and Competition Preparation" Master Class: South Carolina Flute Society Fall Flute Festival
• Master Class Clinician and Guest Recitalist: Frostburg State University
• "The Romantic Flute" Friends of Music 2007 Concert Series Solo Recital
• "Sinfonica de Charlotte" Chamber Music from the Spanish World: Performance of Piazolla Tango Etude No. 3, Villa-Lobos Assobio a Jato, Colquhoun Charanga
• Guest Lecturer: East Carolina University - Piccolo Master Class: Greenville, NC
• "Brave New World: 21st Century Piccolo Classics" Solo Recital, Florida Flute Fair- Florida Flute Association: Orlando, FL
• Providence Chamber Music Recital Series: Performance of Cronin Postcards, MacDonald Preludes I & IV

2006

• Adjudicator: High School Soloist Competition, National Flute Association Annual Convention
• National Flute Choir: Performance, NFA Annual Convention
• Master Class Clinician and Guest Recitalist: Eastern Iowa Flute Association High School Flute Day: University of Iowa

2005

• Guest Soloist, Suzuki and Friends Chamber Music Series, Indianapolis, IN: Performance of Mozart Quartet in D Major
• Vivian Major Robinson Classical Concert: Lancaster, SC
• Friends of Music: Performance of Poulenc Sonata for Flute and Piano

Previous Appearances

• Providence Chamber Music Recital Series: Performance of Villa-Lobos Assobio a Jato
• Noteworthy Chamber Music Recital Series: Performance of J.S. Bach Sonata for Two Flutes and Continuo
• Charlotte Afro-American Cultural Center Latin Celebration
• Union League Civic and Arts Society: Performance of Chaminade Concertino
• Music Society of the North Shore: Performance of Mozart Concerto in G Major
• Northwestern University Faculty Contemporary Music Series: Performance of Boulez Memoriale and Torke The Yellow Pages

Awards

• First Place, National Flute Association Young Artist Competition 2002
• First Place, National Flute Association Piccolo Artist Competition 2000
• Runner-up, Myrna Brown Artist Competition 2002
• Third Place, Flute Talk Competition 1999 and 2000
• Winner, Greater Cleveland Flute Society Masterclass Competition 2000
• First Place, Union League Civic and Arts Society Artist Competition 1997
• First Place, Music Society of the North Shore Competition 1997
• Winner, Suzuki and Friends Chamber Music Competition 1993
• Winner, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Side-by-Side Soloist Competition 1993

Education

• Bachelor of Music cum laude: Northwestern University (1997)
• Master of Music: University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (2000)
• Doctor of Musical Arts Candidate: University of Cincinnati

Teachers 

• Walfrid Kujala
• Richard Graef
• Dr. Brad Garner
• Jack Wellbaum
• Karen Moratz
• Randy Bowman
• Alice Akins

Master Classes 

• Sir James Galway (University of Cincinnati)
• Paula Robison (Cleveland Institute of Music)
• Göran Marcusson (University Of Cincinnati)
• Jim Walker (University Of Cincinnati)
• Marco Granados (Northwestern University)