I am a musician, composer, teaching artist, facilitator, and administrator originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and currently based in Lexington, Kentucky.

My work as a composer is centered around the notion of “genre-fluid” music. The musical structures, harmonic language, instruments and technology I use come from a wide array of genres which allows for the creation of hyper personal music. My music integrates non-musical and pre recorded sounds, innovative production methods, and storytelling.

As a teaching artist, I have designed and facilitated residencies and classes with Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Brooklyn Arts Council, the Center for Arts Education, Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra, Highbridge Voices, the New York Philharmonic's Very Young Composers program, PrimeLife Arts Learning, and St. Nicks Alliance. In the summer of 2021, I was selected to participate in the Arts Education Partnership's Arts and Literacy Thinkers Meeting Series and currently participate on their Equity Working Group.

In my current position as the Learning and Partnership Programs Manager at the Lexington Philharmonic, I am developing and implementing programming that is centered around the belief that all people should have opportunities to be invited and supported in individually and collaboratively creating art that examines and/or reflects their experiences, values and perspectives.

Prior to joining the Lexington Philharmonic, I worked as an administrator at The New School's College of Performing Arts.

I am currently a Civic Saturday Fellow at Citizen University.

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