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Education

2009
University of Missouri, 
B.S. in Music Education, Cum Laude -Columbia, MO
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2016
University of Washington
, M.A. in Music Education, emphasis in wind conducting, Seattle, WA

Employment

2020 - present
The Northwest School , Director of Bands - Seattle, Wa

2019 - present

North Seattle College, Symphonic Band Director - Seattle, Wa

2018 - 2020
Inglewood Middle School , Director of Bands - Sammamish, Wa​

2016 - 2018

Granite Falls School District , Director of Bands - Granite Falls, Wa
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2014 - 2016

University of Washington, Graduate Teaching Assistant - Seattle, Wa
Ballard Academy of Music & Dance, Private Teacher - Seattle, Wa

2010 - 2014
Yeokum Middle School , 
Director of Bands - Belton, Mo
Belton High School , Band Director - Belton, Mo
Keys to the Music, Private Teacher - Harrisonville, Mo

2009 - 2010
St. Angela Merici School
 , Band Director - Florrissant, Mo
J. Oscar School of Music, Private Teacher - Florrissant, Mo

​2005-2009
Mid Rivers Music, Private Teacher - St. Charles, Mo
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2003 - 2005
​JM Music Studio
, Private Teacher - St. Charles, Mo

Education Experience

2023
Green River Music Educators Association Middle School Band Festival, Adjudicator/Clinician- Federal Way, Wa
SnoKing Music Educators Association Middle School Band Festival, Adjudicator/Clinician- Edmonds, Wa
Eastshore High School Band II Festival, Adjudicator/Clinician- Bellevue, Wa

SnoKing Music Educators Association Middle School Solo & Ensemble Festival, Adjudicator/Clinician- Mukilteo, Wa
2022
Skagit Valley Middle School Band Camp, Guest Composer/Clinician- Mount Vernon, Wa
Klohowya Secondary School, Guest Clinician- Silverdale, Wa
​Commencement Bay Music Educators Association Middle School Solo & Ensemble Festival,
Adjudicator/Clinician- Seattle, Wa
Green River Music Educators Association Solo & Ensemble Contest,
Adjudicator/Clinician- Auburn, Wa
Olympic Music Educators Association Large Ensemble Festival,
Adjudicator/Clinician-  Silverdale, Wa
Commencement Bay Music Educators Association High School Solo & Ensemble Contest,
Adjudicator/Clinician- Gig Harbor, Wa

2021
Collegiate- WMEA (Washington Music Educators Association),
Guest Speaker- Seattle. Wa

2020
University of Washington Society for Music Education,
Guest Speaker- Seattle, Wa
Commencement Bay Middle School Solo & Ensemble Festival, 
Adjudicator/Clinician - Tacoma, Wa
Bellevue School District High School Band Festival, 
Adjudicator/Clinician & Clinician- Bellevue, Wa
Elliot Bay Region High School Band Festival, 
Adjudicator/Clinician- Seattle, Wa

2019
Commencement Bay Middle School Solo & Ensemble Festival, 
Adjudicator/Clinician - Tacoma, Wa
Northlake Region High School Solo & Ensemble Festival, 
Adjudicator/Clinician - Sammamish, Wa
Bellevue School District Middle School Band Festival, 
Adjudicator/Clinician- Bellevue, Wa
Soundview League High School Band Festival,
Adjudicator/Clinician - Renton, Wa

2018
Northlake Band II Festival
,
Adjudicator/Clinician - Woodinville, Wa
Voyager Middle School, Guest Clinician - Everett, Wa
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Voyager Middle School, Marching Band Technician- Everett, Wa

2016

Voyager Middle School, Marching Band Technician- Everett, Wa
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2015

San Juan Music Educators Assoc. Jr. Honor Band, Clinician -  Mount Vernon, Wa

2007-2009
Northwest High School, Marching Band Technician- St. Louis, Mo

2005 - 2007

Francis Howell Central High School, Marching Band Technician- St. Charles, Mo

Conducting Experience

2023
Slippery Rock University, Guest Artist Residency- Slippery Rock, PA
Puget Brass Youth Academy, Guest Conductor- Seattle, Wa
Everett School District High School Honor Band, Guest Conductor- Everett, Wa

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2019 - present
Formation Wind Band,
Founder & Conductor - Seattle, Wa
North Seattle College, Seattle Symphonic Band Director - Seattle, Wa

2019 
Tuba Christmas
, Guest Conductor - Seattle, Wa

2017
Lesbian Gay Band Association Annual Conference
, Guest Conductor - Kansas City, Mo

2016
Rainbow City Performing Arts, 
Rainbow City Band Assistant Conductor - Seattle, Wa
Rainbow City Performing Arts, Queen City Corps Director - Seattle, Wa

2015
San Juan Music Educators Assoc. Jr. Honor Band
, Guest Conductor -  Mount Vernon, Wa

2014-2016
​University of Washington Concert Band,
 Conductor - Seattle, Wa

Composing Experience

2024
​Puget Brass, Commissioned Composer- Seattle, Wa
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2023

​Eisenhower Middle School, Commissioned Composer- Everett, Wa
Auburn High School, Guest Composer/Clinician- Auburn, Wa
Elkhorn Area Middle School, Guest Composer/Clinician- Elkhorn, WI
​Curtis Junior High, Guest Composer/Clinician- University Place, Wa
Bellevue SD Middle School Bands, Commissioned Composer- Bellevue, Wa
Whitman Middle School, Commissioned Composer- Seattle, Wa

2022
Heatherwood Middle School, Guest Composer/Clinician- Mill Creek, Wa
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Auburn High School, Guest Composer/Clinician- Auburn, Wa
Eisenhower Middle School, Guest Composer/Clinician- Everett, Wa
Francis Howell Central High School, Guest Composer/Clinician- St. Charles, Mo


Arts Advocacy

2018 - present
​Formation Wind Band,
Founder, Seattle, Wa

2018
​Shoreline Music School, 
Director of Education - Shoreline, Wa

2016 - present
Give Back Brass Band,
Founder - Seattle, Wa


2016
International Society of Music Education World Conference, 
Research Presenter- Glasgow, Scotland, UK

National Association for Music Education National Conference , Research Presenter- Atlanta, Ga

2014-2016
UW Laboratory for Music Cognition, Culture, & Learning,
 Researcher- Seattle, Wa


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