![]() ![]() UNT JAZZ VOCAL LAB BAND PROFESSIONALIllinois Flamenco-Jazz Collective Urbana, IL (2020-present)Ĭommunity-based music and dance ensemble centered at the U of I dedicated to flamenco education and performance featuring frequent collaborations with professional flamenco musicians. Musical director, Tenor saxophone, Irish whistle, Arranger. Sleek trio programming a mix of old-time and Irish fiddle tunes alongside folk hymns and blues repertoire in weekly socially-distanced outdoor performances and live-streams. Presented recommendations for implementing new marketing strategy to company’s board of directors.įiddle-Sax Fusion Band Urbana, IL (2020-present) Strategic Business Proposal Presentation Associated Supply Chain Solutions – Addison, IL (2011) $1,000 commission to compose a new cantata for Maundy Thursday. Follies” selected for performance at 2016 Texas Music Educator’s Association conference.Ĭovenant Arts Grant Covenant Presbyterian Church – Chicago, IL (2014) Jazz Composition Contest Texas Community College Band Director’s Association (2015) Honorable mention – composition “La Apertura de las Semillas” selected for performance featuring guest artist Tony Kadleck. Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble – Ithaca, NY (2016) $10,000 awarded for excellence in Jazz Studies. Gregg and Jeff Helgesen Fellowship in Jazz Studies University of Illinois College of Music – Urbana, IL (2018-2019) ![]() Original composition “Myself When I Am Mingus” selected for presentation at biannual conference. New Music Presentation International Society of Jazz Composers and Arrangers (ISJAC) – Greeley, CO (2019) $4500 awarded to create a week-long on-campus residency with professional guitarist David Chiriboga culminating in a performance by the Illinois Flamenco-Jazz Project, integrating music students with a Chicago-based professional flamenco ensemble. Miller Visiting Scholars Grant Center for Advanced Study – Urbana, IL (2019) $3000 awarded to assist with creation of Illinois Flamenco-Jazz Collective, a new dance and music ensemble dedicated to flamenco performance and education. ![]() Global Intersections Grant Center for Global Studies and European Union Center – Urbana, IL (2020) Smoothly transition studio from in-person to remote lessons over Zoom during Covid-19 pandemic. Teach a studio of 20 undergraduate students guitar and ukulele lessons.Ĭoach students through recital performances and rehearse guitar and ukulele ensembles. Graduate Teaching Assistant – Guitar and Ukulele Lessons (Fall 2019, Spring 2020) – Instructor of Record Teach a studio of five undergraduate Jazz Performance majors lessons in jazz saxophone.Ĭoach students through performances, transcriptions, and technical jury requirements. Graduate Teaching Fellow in Jazz Saxophone (Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017) – Instructor of Record Teach 15 undergraduate Jazz Studies majors the fundamentals of small and large ensemble jazz arranging in weekly lab groups.ĭesign exercises to ensure that students have adequate Jazz Theory, Jazz Harmony and Jazz Piano skills.Ĭoach students in the creation of three small-group arrangements, one original composition, and one arrangement for large ensemble. Graduate Teaching Assistant in Jazz Arranging (Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017) Guide students in self-recording video for an end-of-semester Zoom recital. Guide students in developing classical technique and learning basic jazz improvisation skills. Teach a studio of 20 undergraduate students saxophone, clarinet and flute lessons remotely over Zoom. Graduate Teaching Assistant – Saxophone, Clarinet and Flute Lessons (Fall 2020) – Instructor of Record Unit One/Allen Hall at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL Teach the fundamentals of music theory and history to undergraduate non-majors.Įngage students with creative assignments such as in-class performances and formal analysis of popular songs. Teach a studio of community members and dual-credit high school juniors and seniors lessons in jazz saxophone.Ĭoach students through school performances and regional auditions.Īdjunct Professor of Music – Music Appreciation (Spring 2018) Instructor of Record University of North Texas, Denton, TX 2008Īdjunct Professor of Jazz Saxophone – Saxophone Lessons (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Summer 2018) Instructor of Record Robert Morris University, Chicago, IL 2011īachelor of Music in Jazz Studies: Arranging Emphasis University of North Texas, Denton, TX 2017 Master of Music in Jazz Studies: Jazz Composition Track University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL Expected 2022 Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Studies, Secondary Emphasis in Musicology ![]()
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