Selected Resume
Education
Masters Degree (Anticipated)
Music Performance - Percussion | University of Missouri - Columbia
2019-2021
Bachelors Degree
Music Performance | Percussion | Southern Utah University
"Outstanding Graduate" in Music
2019
Associates Degree
Southern Utah University
2018
Honors, Awards,
Scholarships, & Leadership
1st Place | Chamber Category | 2015 Utah Day of Percussion
1st Place | College Timpani Solo | 2017 Utah Day of Percussion
2nd Place | College Keyboard Solo | Utah Day of Percussion | 2019
Department Scholarship | SUU Music | 2014 - 2019
Music Department Nominee | Trustee Scholarship | December 2016
Recipient | President’s Scholarship | 2018 - 2019
Teaching Assistantship | MU New Music Ensemble | 2019-2021
Recipient of the University of Missouri’s Graduate Teaching Assistantship as the percussionist for the New Music New Ensemble as a part of the New Music Initiative.
Director’s Assistant | SUU Marching Band| 2018
Assisting in leadership, logistics, and public image of the marching band.
Section Leader | Percussion Studio | SUU | 2017-Present
Coordinating equipment moves, ensuring all members know their assigned parts, assisting students in learning their parts, and leading rehearsals when needed.
Performance experience
Percussionist | Fiddler on the Roof | SUU | 2015
Timpanist | Die Fledermaus | SUU | 2017
Percussionist | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Neil Simon Festival | 2018
Percussionist | Fun Home | SUU | 2018
Timpanist | Carmina Burana | SUU | 2018
Percussionist | Mamma Mia! | Cedar High School | 2019
Percussionist | 42nd Street | SUU | 2019
Percussionist | Little Shop of Horrors | Simon Fest Theatre Co. | 2019
Recording experience
Performer & Technician | Sakura | Arr. Robin Engelman | SUU Percussion Ensemble | 2018
Performer & Technician | Windows of the Maloca | Jim Casella | SUU Percussion Ensemble | 2018
Audio Assistant | Lou Harrison: Works for Percussion, Violin, and Piano | Albany Records | M.A.R.S. Audio and UVU Percussion | 2017
Technician | Rocket Summer | Dan Moore | SUU Percussion Ensemble 2017
Technician | Amidst | John Ling | SUU Percussion Ensemble | 2017
Technician | Room for 4 | Tom Naziolla | SUU Percussion Ensemble 2016
Performer & Technician | Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun | Arr. János Kovács | SUU Percussion Ensemble | 2016
Performer & Technician | Heartland Marimba Dances | 2016
Commissions and Premieres
O returno (The Returning)| Melanie Hunt | Commissioned 2018
In the Night | James Johnson | World Premiere | SUU Percussion | 2017
Sojourne to Cotopaxi | World Premiere | Keith Bradshaw | SUU Wind Symphony | 2018
Canyon Concerto for Percussion Ensemble | Keith Bradshaw | SUU Percussion | 2016
Naamah’s Ark | Western Premiere - National Opera Association | Marisa Michelson | 2019
Work experience
Graphic Design & Marketing Specialist
A.P.E.X. Events | Southern Utah University | 2017-Present
Responsible for all publicity including: writing press releases, graphic design, communicating with the community and university press, and event management.
Music Instructor
Cedar Music and Studio | Cedar City, UT | 2017-Present
Teaching beginning - advanced percussion lessons along with beginning piano students including technique, theory, and other music elements on a weekly basis.
Sound Technician
Heritage Center Theater | Cedar City, UT | 2019-Present
Experience in live sound mixing for groups such as dance recitals, orchestras, pit orchestras, and musicals.
Recording Technician
SUU Music Department and Private Contract | 2015-Present
Recording, editing, live-streaming, and record organization for Music Department and personal records events including student recitals, ensemble concerts, lectures, and others.
Sales-person
Marimba One booth during PASIC (trade show) | 2017-2018
Explanation and demonstration of Marimba One mallets, marimbas, and vibraphones.