Education

 

DMA in Choral Conducting 2005

Minor: Early Music

Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California

Treatise: Historical Performance Practices and Analyses of the Biber’s Requiem in F Minor.

A Treatise with Performance Recordings and an Edited Score

Advisors: David Wilson and James Tyler

Graduate Assistantship: Orianna Choir

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Studies in Choral Conducting 1996

University of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate Assistantship: Women’s Choir

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MA in Performance Practice and Orchestral Conducting 1995

University of California, Santa Cruz

Thesis: Frei aber einsam, frei aber froh: cyphered motives and performance practice in the works of Johannes Brahms

Advisor: Anatole Leiken

Graduate Assistantship: Concert Choir, Orchestra, Music Theory I, Musicianship

 

BA in Music 1993

University of California, Santa Cruz

Emphasis in Violin and Viola with Recital Honors

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Academic and Conducting Positions

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Old Firsts Concerts 2019 -

Concert manager

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Piedmont Pianos 2018 - 

Violin, Viola, Voice, Piano, Ensembles 

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Golden State Youth Orchestra 2018 - 2019

Conductor of chamber and camerata orchestras

 

Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir 2017 - 2019

Conductor of Boys Chorus

Assistant Music Theory Instructor

 

Berkeley Community Choir and Orchestra 2017-

Assistant Conductor; violin/viola

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Community Congregational Church of Tiburon 2017

Conductor of Chancel Choir

 

San Francisco Girls Chorus 2016 - 2017

Conductor Level 1, Interim level 4

Outreach Coordinator

 

Crowden School of Music 2002 -

Songbirds Chorus, Director

Chamber Music, Instructor

Strings and Piano, Instructor

 

San Francisco Early Music Society 2005 -

Music Instructor at Mira Vista Elementary School, Richmond

Music Instructor at Oxford Elementary School, Berkeley

 

California Youth Symphony 2006 - 2012

Elementary Orchestra, Assistant Conductor/sectionals

 

Bentley School

Conductor Classical Middle School Orchestra and Choir 2014 - 2016

Direct String Academy

 

Jewish Community Center East Bay 2008 - 2015

Violin and Piano, Instructor

 

Oakland School for the Arts 2012 - 2014

Classical Middle School Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble, assistant Director

Classical Choral Ensemble, Assistant Conductor

Music Theory and Musicianship, Instructor

 

Other Professional Work

Faith Lutheran Church of Castro Valley

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Concord

Saint David of Wales Catholic Church

Tehiyah Hebrew Day School

Kairos Choir

Carmel Bach Festival

San Francisco Boys Chorus

University of San Diego

Ojai Camerata

College United Methodist Church Ventura

 

Current Freelance Positions in Violin/Viola

La Monica Ensemble, founding member

Philharmonia Baroque

American Bach Soloists

Sacramento Baroque Soloists

Albany Consort

California Bach Society

San Francisco Bach Choir

Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra

San Diego Bach Collegium

Elegant Strings

Jubilate

Vallejo Symphony

Santa Cruz Symphony

Monterey Symphony

Corona del Mar Baroque Festival Orchestra, violin and viola

Mare Island String Quartet, founding member

Jazz Mafia

Deltron 3030

Cavalisa

 

Honors and Awards

 

Orianna Award, University of Southern California 1997–2000

Directing of Orianna Choir

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Dean’s List, University of Southern California 1997–2000

 

Concerto Competition Winner, Univ of Calif, Santa Cruz 1992–1993

Ravel Tsigane, Mozart Duo Concertante

 

Violin Scholarships, University of California, Santa Cruz 1989–1995

 

Recordings

 

Philharmonia Baroque, Viola

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 (2012)

Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Serenade No. 1 in D Major (2012)

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Music Angelica, Viola

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 49, 51, and 52

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Voices of Music, Viola

An Evening with Bach

 

La Monica Ensemble, Violin and Viola

Su la cetra amorosa

 

California Bach Society, Violin and Viola

Highlights

 

Sacramento Baroque Soloists, Violin and Viola

Concerti Grossi

 

WAVE

Music of the Missions

 

Board Membership

 

Pacific Boychoir academy Tea, Talks and Treasures, 2018

Dandelion dance theatre, 2012 -

Winds Across the Bay 2016 -

 

 

Major Works Conducted in Concert

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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

Handel: Messiah

JS Bach: St John Passion

Biber: Requiem

Mozart: Requiem

Fauré: Requiem

Purcell: Ode to St. Cecelia

Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia

Bach Magnificat,

Vivaldi Gloria

Dufay: Motets

Duruflé: Requiem

Schubert: Mass in F

Stravinsky: L’histoire du soldat

 

Mentors

 

Elizabeth Blumenstock, Ingrid Matthews, William Skeen, Ron Copes, Roy Malan, Dan Kobialka, Lynn Bielefelt, William Dehning, 

Denis de Coteau, Michel-Marc Gervais, Heichiro Ohyama, Michael Morgan, Nicole Paiement, Justin Montigne, S. Kim, Nina Hinson, 

Patrice McGinnis.