Ph.D. - Humanities
University of Texas at Dallas - 2018
Professional Preparation
Master of Music - Music History and Literature
Southern Methodist University - 2015
Southern Methodist University - 2015
Master of Music - Percussion Performance
Southern Methodist University - 2007
Southern Methodist University - 2007
B.S. - Music
Central Michigan University - 2001
Central Michigan University - 2001
Awards
Teaching Assistantship: Instrumental Music - The University of Texas at Dallas [2013]
Outstanding Soloist: Drum Set - North Texas Jazz Festival [2008]
Artistic Scholarship - Southern Methodist University [2008]
Teaching Assistantship: Music History - Southern Methodist University [2005]
Teaching Assistantship: Meadows Jazz Orchestra - Southern Methodist University [2003]
Graduate Assistantship: Percussion Department - Southern Methodist University [2002]
Finalist: Music Teachers National Association Concerto Competition - [2001]
Winner:Central Michigan University Concerto Competition - [2001]
Academic Scholarship - Central Michigan University [2001]
Additional Information
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
- Freelance Percussionist, Dallas, TX 2001- Present
- Rotunda Theater Series, First United Methodist Church
- Turtle Creek Chorale, Sing for the Cure
- 11:00 Jazz Service, King of Glory Lutheran Church
- Dallas Wind Symphony
- Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble, Mt. Pleasant, MI 1996–2001
- BOA National Concert Band and Percussion Festival, Indianapolis, IN
- Ford-Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit, MI
- Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade, Detroit, MI
- Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Convention, Columbus, OH
- Notre Dame Jazz Festival, South Bend, IN
- Detroit/Montreux Jazz Festival, Detroit, MI
- Symphony Orchestra Percussionist
- Enid Symphony Orchestra, Enid OK 2009-2010
- West Shore Symphony Orchestra, Muskegon, MI 2000-2001
- Midland Symphony Orchestra, Midland, MI 2000-2001
- Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, Saginaw, MI 1998-1999
- University Ensembles
- Musica Nova, The University of Texas at Dallas
- Meadows Jazz Orchestra, Southern Methodist University
- Meadows Percussion Ensemble, Southern Methodist University
- Meadows Symphony Orchestra, Southern Methodist University
- Meadows Wind Ensemble, Southern Methodist University
- CMU Marching Band, Central Michigan University
- CMU Symphony Orchestra, Central Michigan University
- CMU Wind Ensemble, Central Michigan University
- CMU Percussion Ensemble, Central Michigan University
RECORDINGS
Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble - Robert Hohner, Director“Far More Drums” on Sony/Digital Music Products 2000
SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
European Studies Conference, Omaha, NE Oct. 3-5, 2013“Franz Liszt’s Francesca da Rimini: The Quintessential Emancipated Woman