Education
Suzuki Piano Training, Book 2, July 2008. Teacher - Caroline Fraser.
Suzuki Piano Training, Book 1, July 2007. Teacher - Caroline Fraser.
Nationally Certified by Music Teachers National Association, May 2006.
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas: M.M., Piano Performance and Pedagogy with concentration in
Music Therapy, May 2004.
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois: B.M., Piano Performance, May 2001; B.M. Piano Pedagogy with Honors,
December 2000.
International Experience studying art history and language in Granada, Spain, Summer 2000.
Teaching Experience
Private Piano Studio, FaithSlaker Music, Chicago, Illinois. Private traditional and Suzuki lessons for children and adults.
Current Part Time position at the Suzuki-Orff School, Chicago, Illinois. Teaching private and group Suzuki Piano lessons since August 2007.
Current Part Time position at Sherwood Conservatory, Chicago, Illinois. Teaching private traditional piano and Suzuki Private Piano Lessons as well as Suzuki Group Lessons since September 2007.
Private Piano Studio, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Participation in Federation of Music Clubs. 2006-2007
Private Piano Studio, Cheyenne, Wyoming. 2004-2006
Graduate Piano Faculty, Southern Methodist University. 2002-2004
College Class Piano Teacher, Southern Methodist University. 2002-2004
Private Piano Studio. 1998 - 2002
Substitute Teacher, Laramie County District #1. 2001
Piano Faculty Lab Program, University of Illinois: 2000 – 2001.
Sunday School Teacher, Glenview Community Church, Glenview, Illinois. 1994 – 1995.
ADJUDICATION EXPERIENCE
Area Achievement Day Judge, Cheyenne, Wyoming, April 2005.
Guild Preparation Judge, Cheyenne, Wyoming, April 2006.
Lecture and Performance Experience
Illinois:
Solo Piano and Chamber Music Concert given at Sherwood Conservatory, November 2009.
Chamber Music Concert given at Northwestern University, June, 2004.
Solo Piano Concert given in Evanston, Illinois, March 2000 and University of Illinois, April 2000.
Solo Piano Concert given at University of Illinois, October 1999.
Various chamber music and collaborative concerts.
Accompaniment experience with voice, violin, cello, viola, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, flute and french horn.
Wyoming:
Chamber Music Concert performed in at LCCC, April 18, 2005.
Chamber Music Concert performed in "Music at the Mansion" (Historic Governors' Mansion Foundation), April 1, 2005.
Chamber Music Concert performed in at LCCC, November 2004,
Keyboardist for Connie Francis Concert, Cheyenne, WY, October 2004.
Texas:
Solo Lecture Concert given at Southern Methodist University on the development of Beethoven’s musical forms and genres in relation to his piano works. April, 2004.
Various chamber music and collaborative concerts.
