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Education
2021 - The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM); Cincinnati, Ohio
Doctor of Musical Arts: Trumpet Performance
Graduate Assistant, CCM trumpet studio (2019)
Studied with Alan Siebert, Philip Collins
Orchestral conducting cognate, studied with Dr. Aik Khai Pung
2018 - The University of Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee
Master of Music: Trumpet Performance
Studied with Dr. Catherine Leach and Vince DiMartino
2017 - The University of Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee
Master of Music: Composition
Thesis: “Manifestations: A fixed media microtonal octet,” advised by Dr. Andrew Sigler
Studied with Dr. Andrew Sigler and Dr. Jorge Variego
2014 - The University of Arizona; Tucson, Arizona
Bachelor of Music: Composition, summa cum laude
Studied with Daniel Asia and Dr. Craig Walsh
Teaching Experience
2019 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Private instruction
Coordination of studio activities and guest artist visits
2017 – 2018 - Academic Assistant, Musicology department, The University of Tennessee
MUCO110: Introduction to Western Music
MUCO120: History of Rock
2015 – 2017 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, Theory and Composition department, The University of Tennessee
Recipient: Graduate Student Senate Award for Excellence in Teaching
MUTH130: Ear Training I
MUTH140: Ear Training II
MUTH230: Advanced Ear Training III
MUTH240: Advanced Ear Training IV
2012 – present - Freelance educator
Anderson Music Workshop (2019 – present)
Private instruction of middle and high school students
Trumpet, horn, and piano
Marching Band Staff and Substitute Jazz Ensemble Director, Tucson High Magnet School (2012 – 2014)
Led rehearsals of brass sections
Assisted band director with large ensemble rehearsals
Directed jazz ensemble as needed
Performance Experience
2021 - Associate principal trumpet, Lima Symphony
2020 - Section trumpet, CCM Concert Orchestra
2019 - Founding member, The Bearcat Brass Band
2019 - Principal and section trumpets, CCM Wind Symphony
2018 – 2019 - Principal and section trumpets, CCM Brass Choir
2018 - Principal and section trumpets, CCM Philharmonia Orchestra
2018 - Section trumpet, CCM Chamber Orchestra
2018 - Auxiliary trumpet, Knoxville Opera, Aida
2017 - Substitute trumpet, Knoxville Symphony
2017 - Substitute trumpet, Oak Ridge Symphony
2017 – 2018 - Founding member, The Volunteer Brass Quintet
2015 – 2018 - Founding member, The University of Tennessee Electro-Acoustic Ensemble
2015 – 2018 - Principal and section trumpet, The University of Tennessee Symphony and Opera Orchestras
2015 - Founding member, The University of Tennessee Free Improvisation Club
2014 - Section trumpet, Sonora Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Festival
2013 - Section trumpet, The Sassy Jazz Orchestra
2012 – 2014 - Principal and section trumpets, Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra
2012 – 2014 - Section trumpet, The University of Arizona Studio Jazz Ensemble
Awards and Contests
2019 - Semi-finalist, The National Trumpet Competition, graduate soloist division
2019 - Semi-finalist, The National Trumpet Competition, small ensemble division
2018 - Winner’s Circle, UnTwelve Microtonal Music Composition Contest
2018 - Semi-finalist, The National Trumpet Competition, small ensemble division
2017 - Recipient, The University of Tennessee, Graduate Student Senate Award for Excellence in Teaching
2017 - Finalist, The University of Tennessee Concerto Competition
2016 - First place, The University of Tennessee brass area mock audition
2014 - Winner, National Federation of Music Clubs, Marion Richter American Composition Award
2014 - First Prize, National Federation of Music Clubs, Emil and Ruth Beyer Composition Contest
Conferences and Festivals
2021 - Annual Conference of the International Trumpet Guild
Performance of Aurae
2019 - International Trombone Festival
Performance of Sonata for Trombone and Piano
Presentation of Sonata for Trombone and Piano
2019 - Charlotte New Music Festival
Premiere of Quarrel
2019 - North American Brass Band Association Championships
Performance with ten piece band
2018 - Ball State University 48th New Music Festival
Premiere of Theme and Variations No. 2
2018 - Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee
Guest artist
2016 - NACUSA/SCI Snapshot Conference, The University of Tennessee
Head stage manager
2016 - Electro-Music Festival, Huguenot, New York
Guest artist
2013 - The International Trumpet Guild Conference
Performance of Echoes of Seikilos
2013 - Exploring Brass in Greece
Performance of Echoes of Seikilos
Commissions
2021 - Forthcoming piece for large brass choir
Commissioned by the CCM Brass Choir
2021 - Forthcoming piece for brass quintet
Commissioned by the CCM Graduate Brass Quintet
2020 - Forthcoming piece for large brass band
Commissioned by The Colorado Brass
2020 - Aurae, for unaccompanied trumpet
Commissioned by Dr. Jason Dovel
2020 - Leader, for trumpet ensemble
Commissioned by the Siebert family for the retirement of Professor Alan Siebert
2020 - Thoughts on the Death of a Tree, for euphonium or flugelhorn and electronics
Commissioned by Dr. Alex Lapins
2020 - Jubilation Overture
Commissioned by Toru Tagawa and the Sierra Vista Symphony Association
2015 - Fantastic Overture, for trumpet ensemble
Commissioned by Edward Reid
2015 - Rossini Overture Medley, for trombone ensemble
Commissioned by Dr. Moisés Paiewonsky
2014 - Sonata for Trombone and Piano
Commissioned by Dr. Alex van Duuren
2014 - King Qin’s Battle, orchestration
Commissioned by the Confucius Institute of the University of Arizona
2013 - Echoes of Seikilos, for trumpet ensemble
Commissioned by Edward Reid for Exploring Brass in Greece 2013
Research and Presentations
2020 - "Bridging Worlds: Creating Fixed-Media Microtonal Music with Acoustic Instruments"
Presentation at SPLICE Festival 3, February 21st
2019 - "Bridging Worlds: Creating Fixed-Media Microtonal Music with Acoustic Instruments"
Presentation at the National Student Electronic Music Event, February 8th
2018 - “A New Timeline for Music Notation”
Presentation at the University of Tennessee Contemporary Music Festival, October 26th
2018 - "Bridging Worlds: Creating Fixed-Media Microtonal Music with Acoustic Instruments"
Presentation at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, July 18th
2017 - "Bridging Worlds: Creating Fixed-Media Microtonal Music with Acoustic Instruments"
Presentation at the Student Society for Musicology at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, March 26th
Recordings
2017 - Vantablack
The University of Tennessee Electro-Acoustic Ensemble
Publications
Forthcoming - Contributor, Barbara Murphy, MUTH 100 textbook (Kendall Hunt Publishing, Inc.)
Forthcoming - Contributor, Rachel Golden, Mapping Medieval Identities in Occitanian Crusade Song (Oxford University Press)
Forthcoming - Contributor, Rachel Golden, Voix de femmes et croisades, motifs, représentations et enjeux, ed. Nadine Henrard and Marjolaine Raguin-Barthelmebs (Paris, Classiques Garnier, Paris)
Forthcoming - Contributor, Rachel Golden, Female-Voice Song in the Middle Ages, ed. Anna Kathryn Grau and Lisa Colton (Brill’s Companions to the Musical Culture of Medieval and Early Modern Europe)
Forthcoming - Contributor, Rachel Golden, Gender and Voice in Medieval French Literature and Lyric, ed. Rachel Golden and Katherine Kong (University Presses of Florida)
Honors and Fellowships
2018 – 2021 - Full tuition scholarship, The University of Cincinnati
2016 – 2017 - Thomas Graduate Fellowship, The University of Tennessee
2013 – 2014 - Andy Teuteberg Memorial Scholarship, The University of Arizona
2012 – 2014 - Fine Arts Tuition Scholarship, The University of Arizona
2016 – present The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
The Honor Society of Pi Kappa Lambda
Golden Key International Honors Society, nominee
Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society, nominee
Professional Associations
2017 – present - Society of Composers, Inc.
2017 – present - The International Trumpet Guild
Notable Compositions
2020 - Aurae, for unaccompanied trumpet
2020 - Thoughts on the Death of a Tree, for euphonium or flugelhorn and electronics
2020 - Jubilation Overture, for orchestra
2019 - Quarrel, for guitar, clarinet, and electronics
2019 - Three Jazz Abstractions, for trumpet sextet
2017 - Manifestations, a microtonal octet for fixed media
2015 - Suite of Freepitch Dances, for fixed media
2015 - Theme and Variations No. 2, for violin, clarinet, and piano
2014 - Fantastic Overture, for five trumpets
2014 - Forest, for fixed media
2014 - King Qin’s Battle, orchestration
2013 - Theme and Variations, for piano
2013 - Echoes of Seikilos, for six trumpets
Additional Music Experience
Transcription and engraving
Over 50 commissioned transcriptions and engravings
Music Technology
Finale scorewriting software
Logic Pro, FL Studio digital audio workstations
Max/MSP live audio processing software
SoundForge, Audacity recording and editing software
Auralia aural skills training software
Music Industry
2014 – 2015 - Instrumental Music Center, Tucson, Arizona
Winner of company-wide sales contest
NAMM 2015 attendee
Product specialist