Selected Resumé

 

Education

Doctor of Musical Arts in Horn Performance and Literature, 2016

Cognate in Music Education                                                          

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, 2015-2016

Graduate Teaching Assistantship, 2013-2015

University Fellowship, 2012

 

 

Master of Music in Horn Performance, Cognate in Music History, 2012

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Member, Beta Sigma chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda

Graduate Teaching Assistantship, 2010-2012

 

Bachelor of Music in Music Studies, 2010                            

The University of Texas, Austin TX

TExES K-12 Music Teacher Certification

 

 

College Teaching

Instructor, 2016- Present

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL

 

Horn Teaching Assistant, 2013- 2015

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL

 

Horn Graduate Assistant, 2010-2012

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 

 

Music Theory Graduate Assistant, 2010-2011

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

 

 

Summer Festival Teaching

Faculty, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, 2015- 2016

Twin Lake, MI

 

Faculty, Illinois Summer Youth Music, 2013- Present

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign IL

 

 

Orchestral Performance

Fourth Horn, Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, 2015- Present

Co-Principal Horn, Blue Lake Festival Orchestra, 2015- Present

Principal Horn, Urbana Pops Orchestra, 2015-Present

Second Horn, Sinfoina da Camera, 2014- Present

Fourth Horn, Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, 2013- Present

Fourth Horn, Danville Symphony Orchestra, 2013- Present

Section Horn, Sugar Creek Opera Orchestra, 2013-Present

Section Musician, The Heartland Festival Orchestra, 2013- Present

Substitute Musician, Peoria Symphony Orchestra, 2015- Present

Substitute Musician, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, 2013- Present

Section Member, Bay View Festival Orchestra, 2012

Second Horn, Bay View Opera Orchestra, 2012

Extra Musician, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, 2011

Section Member, Brevard Music Center Orchestra, 2011

Third Horn, Blue Lake Festival Orchestra Third Horn, 2009, 2010

Fourth Horn, Round Rock Symphony Orchestra, 2009-2010

 

Additional Performance Experience

Hornist, The University of Illinois Graduate Brass Quintet, 2013-2015

Featured Hornist, Chicago Humanities Festival, 2014

Solo Horn, Open Borders Generation Concert Series, Minotaur by Ewa Trebacz, 2014

Featured Artist Recital, The International Women's Brass Conference, 2014

Featured Artist Recital, The International Alliance for Women in Music, 2011

Section Horn, Western Winds International Tour to Chengu, China, 2011

Hornist, Western Michigan University Graduate Brass and Wind Quintet 2010-2012

Section Horn, The University of Texas Wind Ensemble European Tour, 2009

Solo Horn, The Northshore Concert Band, Evanston, IL, 2005

 

 

Competitions

Second Prize International Women’s Brass Conference Solo Competition, 2014

Winner The Midwest Horn Workshop Quartet Competition,2013

Second Prize International Women’s Brass Conference Solo Competition, 2012

Honorable Mention Western Michigan University Concerto Competition, 2012

Finalist International Horn Society Solo Competition, 2009

 

 

Awards and Scholarships

Global Studes Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, University of Illinois at   Urbana-Champaign, 2015-2016

Teaching Assistantship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013-2015

University Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012

Graduate Award for Excellence in Leadership, Western Michigan University, 2012

Graduate Assistantship, Western Michigan University, 2010-1012

South Texas Student Teaching Scholarship, 2010

Wayne R. Barrington Endowed Scholarship in Horn, 2005 

Robert C. Byrd Scholarship, 2005

Texas Music Educators Association Bill Cormack Scholarship, 2005

John P. Paynter Scholarship, 2005

 

 

Primary Instructors

Bernhard Scully, Canadian Brass, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Lin Foulk, Associate Professor of Horn, Western Michigan University

Patrick Hughes, Associate Professor of Horn, The University of Texas at Austin

 

Additional Studies with:

Peter Erb, Adam Unsworth, Jeffrey Aggrell, Jeff Nelsen, Douglas Hill, Roger Kaza, Bill VerMeulen,Richard Deane, Corbin Wagner, Jacquelyn Adams, David Johnson, and Gail Williams.