EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre and Music Director - Columbia College Chicago - 2017 to present
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 (Summer 2015)
Assistant Director/Accompanist, Varsity Glee Club; Director, Heart & Soul Gospel Choir - Purdue Musical Organizations (June 2013 - June 2015)
Lecturer in Musical Theatre Voice - North Central College (August 2012 – May 2013)
Show Co-Creator/Vocal Director/Vocal Arranger/Orchestrator/Copyist - Azamara Club Cruises (December 2011 – April 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 (Summer 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
Dad - Lurie's Children's Hospital commercial/Daily Planet Productions
Deputy Conway, Chicago Med - NBC Universal
Aron "Bam" Jackson - Onion Labs
Theatrical Performance Engagements
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 and Piano/Conductor, Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies - Porchlight Music Theatre
Music Director, The Color Purple - Drury Lane Theatre
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, The Music Man - Goodman Theatre (upcoming)
Music Director, Too Heavy for Your Pocket - TimeLine Theatre
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, The Total Bent - Haven Theatre+
Music Director, Nell Gwynn - Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (2018)
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, Memphis - Porchlight Music Theatre (2018)*^
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, Madagascar: A Musical Adventure - Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (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)
Staff Accompanist - Ithaca College (2000 - 2002)
+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
HONORS AND AWARDS
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