EDUCATION
Master of Music (M.M.) New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA
Studio Music and Jazz/Classical (B.M.) University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
RECORDINGS

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AWARDS
Young Jazz Composer Award ASCAP Foundation - Honorable Mention 2005
Composer's Fellowship North Carolina Arts Council 2002
Emerging Artist Award Durham Arts Council 2000
Arts International Award Travel funding to perform at the North Sea Jazz Festival 1999
Julius Hemphill Composition Award Jazz Composer’s Alliance- Runner-up 1999
TEACHING/EMPLOYMENT
2001-2006 Music Teacher K-12, Camelot Academy, Durham, NC
2000-2006 Co-owner and principal piano instructor, Artsplace Unlimited, Durham, NC
1999-2001 Music Teacher K-8, Kantner School, Durham, NC
1999-2000 Piano Teacher & Piano Sales, Boyce Music Emporium, Durham, NC
1998-1999 Music Teacher K-8, St. Anne's School, Somerville, MA
1996-1998 Private Piano/Sax Teacher, Graham and Parks School, Cambridge, MA
1996-1998 Music Director, Arts All Day, Cambridge, MA
1992-1996 Piano Teacher, Knoxville, TN