EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Assistant Professor of Theatre, Music Director, and Coordinator of Musical Theatre - 2020 to present
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Music Director - Columbia College Chicago - 2017 - 2020
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Coordinator of Musical Theatre and Dance - North Central College, Naperville, IL - 2015 - 2017
Music Director, Summer Musical Theatre Intensive - Actors Training Center, Wilmette, IL - 2015
Assistant Director/Accompanist, Varsity Glee Club; Director, Heart & Soul Gospel Choir - Purdue Musical Organizations - 2013 - 2015
Lecturer in Musical Theatre Voice - North Central College - 2012 - 2013
Show Co-Creator/Vocal Director/Vocal Arranger/Orchestrator/Copyist - Azamara Club Cruises - 2011 - 2012
Vocal Director/Vocal Arranger/Rehearsal and Installation Supervisor - Royal Caribbean Productions - 2005 - 2012
Private Voice Instructor, Brookline, MA - 2003 - 2004
Interim Director of Music - First Parish in Brookline (UUA), Brookline, MA - 2002 - 2004
Music Director, Professional Theatre Workshop - Roanoke Island Historical Association, Manteo, NC - 2000
Music Intern - Music Theatre International - 1995 - 2000
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Selected Vocal Performance Engagements
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 - 2004
Il Moderato, L’Allegro, Il Moderato ed Il Penseroso - Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme - 2004
Mac the Knife, The Threepenny Opera – New England Conservatory Opera Theatre - 2004
Jove, La Calisto – New England Conservatory Opera Theatre - 2004
Bass soloist, Mass in G (Schubert); Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore (Mozart) - Newton Community Chorus and Orchestra - 2004
Bass, Zigeuenerlieder - Longy School of Music - 2002
Member - Cayuga Vocal Ensemble - 2001 - 2002
Guest Artist, New Year’s Eve Gala: An Evening of Opera - Ithaca Opera - 2000
Television/Commercial Engagements
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 Performance Engagements
Deacon Charlie, The Total Bent - Haven Theatre (in association with About Face Theatre) - 2019
Sam (understudy with performances), Breathe With Me - Erasing the Distance - 2017
George Dawson, My Kind of Town (reading) - The Other Theatre Company/Chicago Dramaworks - 2015
Master of the Queen’s Ceremonies, Old Tom (U/S) - The Lost Colony - 2000
Benny Southstreet, Guys and Dolls – Capitol Theatre - 1998
Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet – Capitol Theatre - 1997
Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet – Capitol Theatre - 1996
Musical Direction and Piano Performance Engagements
Music Director, Elephant and Piggie "We Are in a Play" - Marriott Theatre Lincolnshire (upcoming)
Music Director and Conductor - Children of Eden - Arcada Theatre (upcoming)
Music Director, 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
Rehearsal Pianist, Theatre Department - North Central College, Naperville, IL - 2012 - 2013
Orchestra Pianist - Sea Princess - November - December 2005
Orchestra Pianist - Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines - February - August 2005
+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
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