EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Dean, School of Drama; Associate Dean, College of Performing Arts; Associate Professor of Theater - The New School
Interim Dean, Theater Division - Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Assistant Chair, Theater Division - Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Assistant Professor of Theatre, Music Director, and Coordinator of Musical Theatre - Columbia College Chicago
Assistant Professor of Theatre, Coordinator of Musical Theatre and Dance - North Central College
Music Director, Summer Musical Theatre Intensive - Actors Training Center (Wilmette, IL)
Assistant Director/Accompanist, Varsity Glee Club; Director, Heart & Soul Gospel Choir - Purdue Musical Organizations
Lecturer in Musical Theatre Voice - North Central College
Production Show Co-Creator/Vocal Director/Vocal Arranger/Orchestrator/Copyist - Azamara Club Cruises
Vocal Director/Vocal Arranger/Rehearsal and Installation Supervisor - Royal Caribbean Productions
Interim Director of Music - First Parish in Brookline (MA)
Music Director, Professional Theatre Workshop - Roanoke Island Historical Association (Manteo, NC)
Intern - Music Theatre International
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Music Direction
Associate Conductor, The Broadway Sitzprobe Experience (MUSE/Maestra) - 2024
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, RENT, The Muny - 2023
Music Consultant, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Huntington Theatre - 2022
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, The Color Purple, The Muny - 2022**
Music Director/Consultant, The Colored Museum, Umbrella Arts Company - 2022
Music Director/Arranger, Choir Boy, Steppenwolf Theatre Company - 2022
Music Director, Spunk, Roundabout Theatre Company (The Refocus Project) - 2021
Music Supervisor, We Are Out There, Chicago Shakespeare Theater - 2021
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies - Porchlight Music Theatre - 2020#
Music Director, The Color Purple - Drury Lane Theatre - 2020#^
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, The Music Man - Goodman Theatre - 2019
Music Director, Too Heavy for Your Pocket - TimeLine Theatre - 2019
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, The Total Bent - Haven Theatre - 2019+#
Music Director, Nell Gwynn - Chicago Shakespeare Theater - 2018
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, Memphis - Porchlight Music Theatre - 2018*^
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, Madagascar: A Musical Adventure - Chicago Shakespeare Theater - 2017
Music Director and Pianist, Ragtime - Griffin Theatre - 2017+
Music Director and Pianist, The Gefilte Fish Chronicles - Chicago Musical Theatre Festival - 2016
Music Director and Pianist, Bonnie and Clyde - Actors Training Center - 2015
Music Director and Pianist, Godspell - Actors Training Center - 2015
Orchestra Pianist - Princess Cruises Lines
Orchestra Pianist - Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
+Non-Equity Jeff Award Nomination for Best Musical Direction
^Equity Jeff Award Nomination to Best Musical Direction
*Black Theatre Alliance/Duke Ellington Award Winner for Best Musical Direction
#Black Theatre Alliance/Duke Ellington Award Nominee for Best Musical Direction
**St. Louis Theater Circle Award Nomination for Outstanding Musical Director
Vocal
Soloist - The Cornerstone Chorale and Brass Carnegie Hall Tour - 2010
Core Associate Member - Chicago Symphony Chorus - 2009 - 2011
Soloist - The Cornerstone Chorale and Brass Southeast Tour - 2008
Baritone section leader - Choir of St Thomas Church Fifth Avenue NY
Il Moderato, L’Allegro, Il Moderato ed Il Penseroso - Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme
Mac the Knife, The Threepenny Opera – New England Conservatory Opera Theatre
Jove, La Calisto – New England Conservatory Opera Theatre
Bass, Zigeuenerlieder - Longy School of Music
Member - Cayuga Vocal Ensemble - 2001 - 2002
Guest Artist, New Year’s Eve Gala: An Evening of Opera - Ithaca Opera - 2000
Television/Commercial
Mentor - National Restaurant Association
Dad - Lurie's Children's Hospital commercial/Daily Planet Productions
Deputy Conway, Chicago Med - NBC Universal
Aron "Bam" Jackson - Onion Labs
Theatrical
Deacon Charlie, The Total Bent - Haven Theatre (in association with About Face Theatre)
Sam (understudy with performances), Breathe With Me - Erasing the Distance
George Dawson, My Kind of Town (reading) - The Other Theatre Company/Chicago Dramaworks
Master of the Queen’s Ceremonies, Old Tom (U/S) - The Lost Colony
Benny Southstreet, Guys and Dolls – Capitol Theatre
Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet – Capitol Theatre
Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet – Capitol Theatre
HONORS AND AWARDS
Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Musical Direction
Black Theatre Alliance/Duke Ellington Award - Best Musical Direction
Ruth S. Morse Scholarship - New England Conservatory of Music
W. Grant Egbert Music Scholarship - Ithaca College
1st Place, Eastern Region - National Association of Teachers of Singing (2001)
New York District 1st Place Winner, NATS (1998 - 2002)
EDUCATION
Master of Music with Academic Honors, New England Conservatory of Music
Applied Voice with Michael Dean and Helen Hodam; private opera coaching and French art song repertoire with John Moriarty; German art song repertoire with Terry Decima; opera and musical theatre staging with Mark Astafan; Medieval and Renaissance choral practices with Daniel Pinkham; tone color analysis with Robert Cogan
Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, Ithaca College
Applied Voice with Patrice Pastore and Angus Godwin; opera and musical theatre repertoire studies with Patrick Hansen; choral conducting with Lawrence Doebler and Janet Galván; acting with Barbara Anger
Dean, School of Drama; Associate Dean, College of Performing Arts; Associate Professor of Theater - The New School
Interim Dean, Theater Division - Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Assistant Chair, Theater Division - Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Assistant Professor of Theatre, Music Director, and Coordinator of Musical Theatre - Columbia College Chicago
Assistant Professor of Theatre, Coordinator of Musical Theatre and Dance - North Central College
Music Director, Summer Musical Theatre Intensive - Actors Training Center (Wilmette, IL)
Assistant Director/Accompanist, Varsity Glee Club; Director, Heart & Soul Gospel Choir - Purdue Musical Organizations
Lecturer in Musical Theatre Voice - North Central College
Production Show Co-Creator/Vocal Director/Vocal Arranger/Orchestrator/Copyist - Azamara Club Cruises
Vocal Director/Vocal Arranger/Rehearsal and Installation Supervisor - Royal Caribbean Productions
Interim Director of Music - First Parish in Brookline (MA)
Music Director, Professional Theatre Workshop - Roanoke Island Historical Association (Manteo, NC)
Intern - Music Theatre International
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Music Direction
Associate Conductor, The Broadway Sitzprobe Experience (MUSE/Maestra) - 2024
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, RENT, The Muny - 2023
Music Consultant, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Huntington Theatre - 2022
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, The Color Purple, The Muny - 2022**
Music Director/Consultant, The Colored Museum, Umbrella Arts Company - 2022
Music Director/Arranger, Choir Boy, Steppenwolf Theatre Company - 2022
Music Director, Spunk, Roundabout Theatre Company (The Refocus Project) - 2021
Music Supervisor, We Are Out There, Chicago Shakespeare Theater - 2021
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies - Porchlight Music Theatre - 2020#
Music Director, The Color Purple - Drury Lane Theatre - 2020#^
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, The Music Man - Goodman Theatre - 2019
Music Director, Too Heavy for Your Pocket - TimeLine Theatre - 2019
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, The Total Bent - Haven Theatre - 2019+#
Music Director, Nell Gwynn - Chicago Shakespeare Theater - 2018
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, Memphis - Porchlight Music Theatre - 2018*^
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, Madagascar: A Musical Adventure - Chicago Shakespeare Theater - 2017
Music Director and Pianist, Ragtime - Griffin Theatre - 2017+
Music Director and Pianist, The Gefilte Fish Chronicles - Chicago Musical Theatre Festival - 2016
Music Director and Pianist, Bonnie and Clyde - Actors Training Center - 2015
Music Director and Pianist, Godspell - Actors Training Center - 2015
Orchestra Pianist - Princess Cruises Lines
Orchestra Pianist - Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
+Non-Equity Jeff Award Nomination for Best Musical Direction
^Equity Jeff Award Nomination to Best Musical Direction
*Black Theatre Alliance/Duke Ellington Award Winner for Best Musical Direction
#Black Theatre Alliance/Duke Ellington Award Nominee for Best Musical Direction
**St. Louis Theater Circle Award Nomination for Outstanding Musical Director
Vocal
Soloist - The Cornerstone Chorale and Brass Carnegie Hall Tour - 2010
Core Associate Member - Chicago Symphony Chorus - 2009 - 2011
Soloist - The Cornerstone Chorale and Brass Southeast Tour - 2008
Baritone section leader - Choir of St Thomas Church Fifth Avenue NY
Il Moderato, L’Allegro, Il Moderato ed Il Penseroso - Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme
Mac the Knife, The Threepenny Opera – New England Conservatory Opera Theatre
Jove, La Calisto – New England Conservatory Opera Theatre
Bass, Zigeuenerlieder - Longy School of Music
Member - Cayuga Vocal Ensemble - 2001 - 2002
Guest Artist, New Year’s Eve Gala: An Evening of Opera - Ithaca Opera - 2000
Television/Commercial
Mentor - National Restaurant Association
Dad - Lurie's Children's Hospital commercial/Daily Planet Productions
Deputy Conway, Chicago Med - NBC Universal
Aron "Bam" Jackson - Onion Labs
Theatrical
Deacon Charlie, The Total Bent - Haven Theatre (in association with About Face Theatre)
Sam (understudy with performances), Breathe With Me - Erasing the Distance
George Dawson, My Kind of Town (reading) - The Other Theatre Company/Chicago Dramaworks
Master of the Queen’s Ceremonies, Old Tom (U/S) - The Lost Colony
Benny Southstreet, Guys and Dolls – Capitol Theatre
Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet – Capitol Theatre
Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet – Capitol Theatre
HONORS AND AWARDS
Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Musical Direction
Black Theatre Alliance/Duke Ellington Award - Best Musical Direction
Ruth S. Morse Scholarship - New England Conservatory of Music
W. Grant Egbert Music Scholarship - Ithaca College
1st Place, Eastern Region - National Association of Teachers of Singing (2001)
New York District 1st Place Winner, NATS (1998 - 2002)
EDUCATION
Master of Music with Academic Honors, New England Conservatory of Music
Applied Voice with Michael Dean and Helen Hodam; private opera coaching and French art song repertoire with John Moriarty; German art song repertoire with Terry Decima; opera and musical theatre staging with Mark Astafan; Medieval and Renaissance choral practices with Daniel Pinkham; tone color analysis with Robert Cogan
Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, Ithaca College
Applied Voice with Patrice Pastore and Angus Godwin; opera and musical theatre repertoire studies with Patrick Hansen; choral conducting with Lawrence Doebler and Janet Galván; acting with Barbara Anger