Education
Masters Degree
Music Performance - Percussion | University of Missouri - Columbia
2022
Arts Entrepreneurship Certificate
University of Missouri - Columbia
2022
Bachelors Degree
Music Performance | Percussion | Southern Utah University
"Outstanding Graduate" in Music
2019
Associates Degree
Southern Utah University
2018
Honors, Awards,
Scholarships, & Leadership
2021-2022 | Principle, Mizzou University Philharmonic
2022 | Principle Percussionist, The Missouri Symphony Orchestra
2017-19 | Principle Percussionist, SUU Percussion Studio
2022 | Nadeen Burkeholder Williams Award in Percussion
2022 | Emerging Artist Award | University of Missouri
2019 | Outstanding Graduate in Music | SUU
2018 - 2019 | Recipient | President’s Scholarship | SUU
2016 | Music Department Nominee | Trustee Scholarship | SUU
2014 - 2019 | Department Scholarship | SUU Music
2021 | 2nd Place | Collegiate Duo | Mid-Missouri Percussive Arts Trophy
2020 | “Superior” Rating | Mid-Missouri Percussive Arts Trophy
2019 | 2nd Place | College Keyboard Solo | Utah Day of Percussion
2017 | 1st Place | College Timpani Solo | Utah Day of Percussion
2015 | 1st Place | Chamber Category | Utah Day of Percussion
Performance experience
2022 (Upcoming) | Chamber Recital with Ashley Pribyl and Briana Frieda
2022 | “Luminous Cycles” Masters Recital, University of Missouri
2021 | “More Than 2 Mallets, University of Missouri
2021 | “Sonic Textures,” University of Missouri
2020 (Postponed) | “In Rainbows,” Duo Percussion Recital
2018 |Senior Degree Recital | Southern Utah University
2017 | “Mixed Courses” Chamber Recital| Southern Utah University 2017 | Junior Degree Recital | Southern Utah University
2022 | Percussive Arts Society International Convention | Heartland Marimba Ensemble
2022 | Heartland Marimba "Vivid Horizons" Fall tour
2022 | Heartland Marimba Ensemble “Composers and Labfest Tour”
2021 | Percussion | Missouri Symphony “Symphony of Toys”
2021, 2022 | Percussion | Missouri Symphony “Hot Summer Nights” Festival
2021 | Percussion | Columbia Civic Orchestra “Holiday Concert with Perlman-Stoy Ballet” 2019,
2021 | Percussion | Missouri Symphony Elementary School Outreach Concert
2018 | Orchestra of Southern Utah (Timpanist) | 2018
2022 | Percussion Quartet Collaboration with Missouri Contemporary Ballet | Columbia, MO
2022 | Esterhazy String Quartet with flute and percussion | Columbia, MO
2021 | Percussion | Odyssey Chamber Series “Musical Cornucopia”
2020-2022 | Percussion | Mizzou International Composers Festival
2020, 2022, 2023 | Timpani | Odyssey Chamber Series “Baroque Concert”
2019 | Percussion | Moberly College Holiday Concert
2016 | Percussionist | Project V | Percussion Chamber Group
2019 | Percussion | Mamma Mia! | Cedar City, UT
2019 | Percussion | 42nd Street | SUU
2019 | Percussion | Little Shop of Horrors | SimonFest Theatre Co.
2018 | Percussion | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Neil Simon Festival
2018 | Percussion | Fun Home | SUU
2018 | Timpani | Carmina Burana | SUU
2017 | Timpani | Die Fledermaus | SUU
2015 | Percussion | Fiddler on the Roof | SUU
2020 | MU Wind Ensemble at the CBDNA Southwest Conference
2018 | SUU Percussion Ensemble Tours, Performances in Nevada and Utah
2015-18 | SUU Wind Symphony Tours | Performance and clinics in Utah, Nevada, and
Southern California
2018-19 | Dance course accompanist | Cedar City, UT
2016 | Collaboration with Composer Jason Heath | soundscapeCreation and installation
during “Satellite Salon Series: Power Play”
2016| Heartland Marimba Festival: Out West
2021-22 | MU University Philharmonic
2019-2022 | MU New Music Ensemble
2019-2022 | MU Percussion Ensemble
2019-Present | MU Chiyedza Mbira Ensemble
2019-2022 |MU West African Ensemble
2019-2022 | MU ‘Tiger Pan’ Steel Band
2019-20 | MU Wind Ensemble
2014-18 | SUU Wind Symphony
2014-19 | SUU Percussion Ensemble
2014-17| SUU Drumline
2014-19 | SUU Orchestra
2014-19 | SUU Alternate Currents New Music Ensemble
Recording experience
2021 | Documentary Soundtrack for “Keep the Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way”
2020 | Ancient Echoes by Daniel Fitzpatrick | MU New Music Ensemble
2018 | Performer & AV Technician | Sakura | Arr. Robin Engelman | SUU Percussion Ensemble
2018 | Performer & AV Technician | Windows of the Maloca | Jim Casella | SUU
2017 | Audio Assistant | Lou Harrison: Works for Percussion, Violin, and Piano Albany Records
Mobile Audio Recording Services and UVU Percussion
2017 | AV Technician | Rocket Summer | Dan Moore | SUU Percussion Ensemble
2017 | AV Technician | Amidst | John Ling | SUU Percussion Ensemble
2016 | AV Technician | Room for 4 | Tom Naziolla | SUU Percussion Ensemble
2016 | Performer & AV Technician | Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun | Arr. János Kovács | SUU
2016 | Performer & AV Technician | Heartland Marimba Dances
2018 | Performer & AV Technician | Marimba Quartet No. 2 | Christopher Bradford | SUU
Commissions and Premieres
2022 (Upcoming) | Piece for vibraphone and multimedia | Niko Schroeder
2022 | Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History | Led by Emily Salgado
2019 | Western Premiere - National Opera Association | Naamah’s Ark | Marisa Michelson
2018 |O returno (The Returning) for Alto Flute and Hand Pan | Melanie Hunt
2018 | World Premiere | Sojourne to Cotopaxi | Keith Bradshaw | SUU Wind Symphony
2017 | World Premiere | In the Night | James Johnson | SUU Percussion
2016 | World Premiere | Canyon Concerto for Percussion Ensemble | Keith Bradshaw
Work
Director of Education and Outreach
The Missouri Symphony | 2022-Present
Professor of Percussion
Central Methodist University | 2023-Present
Director’s Assistant
Missouri Symphony Conservatory | 2021-2022
Administrative Assistant
Heartland Marimba | Non-profit | 2020-Present
Director’s Assistant and Social Media Manager
Experiential Learning Leadership Institute Annual Conference | Cedar City, UT | 2019
Graduate Assistant | MU New Music Ensemble| 2019-2022
Recipient of the University of Missouri’s Graduate Teaching Assistantship as a percussionist for the New Music New Ensemble as a part of the School of Music’s New Music Initiative.
Sound Technician
Heritage Center Theater | Cedar City, UT | 2019
Experience in live sound mixing for groups such as dance recitals, orchestras, pit orchestras, and musicals.
Director’s Assistant | SUU Marching Band| 2018
Assisting in leadership, logistics, and design for the ensemble’s uniforms and paraphernalia.
Graphic Design & Marketing Specialist
A.P.E.X. Events | Southern Utah University | 2017-2019
Responsible for all publicity and marketing, including writing press releases, all graphic design, communicating with the community and university press, and event management for 20+ events a year.
Marimba One Sales Associate
Sales associate during trade shows | 2017-Present
Explanation and demonstration of Marimba One mallets and instruments during trade shows.
AV Recording Technician
SUU Music Department and Private Contract | 2015-Present