CURRENT POSITIONS

Scruffy City Orchestra

  • Music Director

  • Knoxville, TN

Orchestra at Maryville College

  • Conductor / Adjunct Professor

  • Maryville, TN

Pilot Company

  • Trade Control Analyst

  • Knoxville, TN

GUEST CONDUCTOR

Opera Grand Rapids (2019)

  • The Mikado

  • Grand Rapids, MI

Victory Hall Opera (2018)

  • Hansel and Gretel, The Medium

  • Charlottesville, VA

Marble City Opera (2017, 2016, 2015)

  • Amahl and the Night Visitors, La Divina, Gallantry

  • Knoxville, TN

Opera in the Ozarks (2016, 2015, 2011)

  • Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, La Cenerentola, La traviata, Pagliacci, Il tabarro

  • Eureka Springs, AR

Summerville Orchestra

  • Summerville, SC

Festival Alfonso Ortiz Tirado

  • Illegal Alien

  • Àlamos, México

Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra

  • Sierra Vista, AZ

Civic Orchestra of Tucson (2013, 2012)

  • Tucson, AZ

Fourth International Symposium on Latin American Music

  • Tucson, AZ

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

First Cumberland Presbyterian (2015-2022)

  • Music Director

  • Knoxville, TN

WUOT 91.9 FM (2018-2021)

  • Afternoon Concert Producer & Host

  • Knoxville, TN

Pellissippi State Community College (Fall 2019)

  • Adjunct Instructor

  • Knoxville, TN

Sarasota Opera (2018 Winter Festival)

  • Cover Conductor

  • Sarasota, FL

Pellissippi State Community College (Fall 2017)

  • Adjunct Instructor

  • Knoxville, TN

Lincoln Memorial University (Fall 2017)

  • Adjunct Conductor

  • Harrogate, TN

University of Arizona Symphony and Philharmonic

  • Conductor, GTA, Manager, Librarian

  • Tucson, AZ

Lamont Symphony

  • Conductor, GTA, Manager, Librarian

  • Denver, CO

Denver Philharmonic

  • Substitute Conductor

  • Denver, CO

EDUCATION

University of Tennessee

  • Courses in Supply Chain Management

  • Knoxville, TN

University of Arizona

  • D.M.A., Conducting

  • Tucson, AZ

University of Denver

  • A.D., Conducting

  • Double M.M., Conducting/Voice

  • Denver, CO

Royal Conservatoire

  • M.M., Opera

  • Glasgow, Scotland

CEMSD

  • Postgraduate Study, Voice

  • Toulouse, France

CSU

  • B.M., Voice

  • Sacramento, CA

COMPETITIONS

  • 2nd Place - The American Prize in Conducting—Community Opera Division, 2017-18

  • Finalist - Concorso Internazionale Per Direttori d'Opera "Luigi Mancinelli" - Orvieto, Italy

MASTER CLASSES/WORKSHOPS

  • Miguel Harth-Bedoya

  • Adrian Gnam

  • Robert Gutter

  • Peter Oundjian

  • Larry Rachleff

STAGE DIRECTORS

  • Lee Blakeley

  • Linda Brand

  • Mark Freiman

  • JJ Hudson

  • James Marvel

  • Eve Summer

  • Stephanie Sundine

  • Robert Swedberg

  • David Ward

CREATIVE ACTIVITY

  • Vlog: French Diction For Singers

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Production Stage Manager

  • Orchestra Manager

  • Stage Director

  • Music Librarian

OTHER SKILLS and EXPERIENCE

  • Lyric and dramatic stage experience

  • Computer literate

  • Fifteen years living in Europe

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

  • French (fluent)

  • Italian (intermediate)

  • German (basic)

A list of references is available upon request.