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 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
Assistant Director/Accompanist, Varsity Glee Club;
Director, Heart & Soul Gospel Choir
Purdue University (PMO)
Vocal Director/Vocal Arranger/Rehearsal and Installation Supervisor
Royal Caribbean Productions
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Music Director, Play On!
Signature Theatre
Music Director, The Color Purple
Goodman Theatre
Associate Conductor, The Broadway Sitzprobe Experience
(MUSE/Maestra)
Music Director and Conductor, RENT
The MUNY
Music Consultant, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Huntington Theatre
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, The Color Purple
The MUNY
Music Director/Consultant, The Colored Museum
Umbrella Arts Company
Music Director/Arranger, Choir Boy
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Music Director and Arranger, Spunk
Roundabout Theatre Company (The Refocus Project)
Music Supervisor, We Are Out There
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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
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 Theater
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, Memphis
Porchlight Music Theatre
Music Director and Piano/Conductor, Madagascar: A Musical Adventure
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Music Director and Pianist, Ragtime
Griffin Theatre
Music Director and Pianist, The Gefilte Fish Chronicles
Chicago Musical Theatre Festival
Core Associate Member
The Chicago Symphony Chorus
Il Moderato, L’Allegro, Il Moderato ed Il Penseroso
Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme
Bass / Member
Cayuga Vocal Ensemble
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
Sam, Breathe With Me
Erasing the Distance
George Dawson, My Kind of Town
The Other Theatre Company/Chicago Dramaworks
Master of the Queen’s Ceremonies, Old Tom (U/S)
The Lost Colony
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Black Theatre Alliance Award - Best Music Direction
2020 (2x), 2019 (2x), 2018
Equity Jeff Award - Best Music Direction
2025, 2020 (2x), 2018
Non-Equity Jeff Award - Best Music Direction
2019, 2017
St. Louis Theatre Circle Awards - Outstanding Musical Director
2023
Indicates winner
EDUCATION
PhD in Leadership Studies (candidate)
University of the Cumberlands
Master of Music with Academic Honors
New England Conservatory of Music
Studies with Michael Dean, Helen Hodam, John Moriarty, Terry Decima, Daniel Pinkham, and Robert Cogan
Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude
Ithaca College
Studies with Patrice Pastore, Angus Godwin, Patrick Hansen, Lawrence Doebler, Janet Galvan, and Barbara Anger