EDUCATION
The University of Miami (FL), Coral Gables, FL - Doctor of Musical Arts in Instrumental Conducting
The University of Miami (FL), Coral Gables, FL - Master of Music in Euphonium Performance and Instrumental Conducting
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH - Bachelor of Music in Euphonium Performance
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017-Present - Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Director, School of Music & Director of Bands
2016-2017 - Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Visiting Director of Bands
2015-Present - Alhambra Orchestra, Coral Gables, FL
Music Director/Principal Conductor (www.alhambramusic.org)
2015-2016 - Florida Atlantic Univesity, Boca Raton, FL
Visiting Director of Orchestras, Director of the Symphony Orchestra
2014-2015 - Alhambra Orchestra, Coral Gables, FL
Assistant Conductor
2008-2016 - Bethel College, North Newton, KS
Assistant Professor, Director of Instrumental Music/Music Education
Music Director Bethel College Wind Ensemble, Music Director Bethel College Philharmonia
2011-2013 - Friends University, Wichita, KS
Adjunct Instructor of Euphonium
2010-2013 - Hesston College, Hesston, KS
Adjunct Instructor of Low Brass
2003-2010 - Liberty High School, Liberty, OH
Assistant Instructor, music rehearsal, field technician, and drill writer
for the Liberty High School "Golden Leopard" Marching Band
Private Low Brass Instructor - (2003-2006)
HONORS/AWARDS
2019 Mickey Armstrong Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award for WSU College of Fine Arts
2018 WINNER, American Prize - Collegiate Band/Wind Ensemble Performance
2018 3rd Place, American Prize - Collegiate Conducting Division
2016 Frost School of Music Outstanding Graduate Student Award
2013 Bethel College Helping Hand Award
2012 Kansas Bandmasters Association "Outstanding Young Bandmaster" Award
2012 Bethel College Wind Ensemble Selected to perform at Kansas Music Educators Association (KMEA) Convention
CLINICS PRESENTED
2017 - From the Emotional to the Physical: Translating Musical Ideas into Your Conducting
2012 - Composers on Commissioning and Composing @ KMEA Convention
2012 - From the Emotional to the Physical: Translating Musical Ideas into Your Conducting @ KMEA Convention
CONDUCTING/CLINICIAN ENGAGEMENTS
2020 Conductor, Central Plains League High School Honor Band
2019 Conductor, Central Kansas League Middle Level Honor Band
2019 Clinician, Alaska Region V Music Festival
2/19 Conductor, USD 259 11th & 12th Grade All-City Band
3/18 Clinician, Northern Illinois University Concert Band Festival
11/17 Conductor, Pioneer League Middle Level Honor Band, Wichita, KS
11/17 Conductor, South Central KMEA Middle Level Honor Band, Wichita, KS
12/16 Conductor, South Central KMEA 56A Honor Band, Wichita, KS
3/16 Conductor, Frost Honor Band, Coral Gables, FL
2/15 Conductor, Frost Honor Band, Coral Gables, FL
12/13 Conductor, South Central KMEA 1234A Honor Band, Wichita, KS
11/12 Conductor, Heartland of America League Honor Band, Wichita, KS
3/12 Conductor, Midwest Regional Mennonite Orchestra Festival, Kalona, IA
11/09 Conductor, Southwest KMEA Jazz Ensemble, Johnson City, KS
5/09 Clinician, Canfield (OH) Middle School @ Youngstown State University
OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018-Present - Fredericksburg Brass Institute
Coordinator of Conducting & Large Ensembles
Fall 2018-Present - Wichita Youth Symphony Wind Ensemble
Founder and Artistic Director
2017-Present - Tidewater Brass Institute
Coordinator of Conducting & Large Ensembles
Summer 2017 - Camp Allegro Wichita
Low Brass Instructor and Chamber Coach
Fall 2016-Present - Wichita Youth Symphony Orchestra
Cover Conductor
Summer 2016 - Frost Young Musician's Camp
Intermediate and Advanced Orchestra Conductor
Taught Conducting and Chamber Music
Summer 2012 - University of New Hampshire Summer Youth Music School, Durham, NH
Low Brass Instructor and conducting teacher
Summer 2012 - Kansas Lions Band, Wichita, KS
Tuba/Euphonium Instructor
Summer 2011 - University of New Hampshire Summer Youth Music School, Durham, NH
Low Brass Instructor and conducting teacher
November 2010 - Get Trombonafide!, Wichita, KS (Wichita-wide Trombone Day)
Director of the Advanced Trombone Choir
2009-2011 - Wichita Youth Symphony, Wichita, KS
Brass Coach
Summer 2009 - Kansas Lions Band, Wichita, KS
Tuba/Euphonium Instructor
November 2008 - Get Trombonafide!, Wichita, KS (Wichita-wide Trombone Day)
Guest performer
2005-2006 - Youngstown Symphony Youth Orchestra, Youngstown, OH
Brass Coach
GUEST CONDUCTING APPEARANCES
5/16 Greater Miami Symphonic Band, Coral Gables, FL
5/16 Orlando Symphony, Kissimmee, FL
11/15 Frost Wind Ensemble, Festival Miami, Coral Gables, FL
4/15 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
11/14 Alhambra Orchestra, Coral Gables, FL
10/14 Alhambra Orchestra, Coral Gables, FL
4/14 Bethel College Masterworks Concert, North Newton, KS
2/14 Florida Youth Orchestra, Coral Gables, FL
Fall 2013 – Rehearsal Conductor – Broward Symphony Orchestra, Broward, FL
Fall 2013 – Rehearsal Conductor – Greater Miami Symphonic Band, Coral Gables, FL
10/13 Naples Philharmonic, Naples, FL
5/13 Bethel College Masterworks Concert, North Newton, KS
10/12 Bethel College Chamber Orchestra & Choirs & Buhler High School Choirs, North Newton, KS
10/12 Wichita Wind Ensemble, Wichita, KS
2/11 Delano Chamber Orchestra, Wichita, KS
12/10 Bethel College/Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra Lessons & Carols, North Newton, KS
9/10 Wichita Wind Ensemble, Wichita, KS
11/09 Bethel College/Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra Joint Concert, North Newton, KS
10/09 Wichita Wind Ensemble, Wichita, KS
COURSES TAUGHT
Wichita State University
MUSC 240 Jazz Theory III
MUSE 686 Marching Band Techniques
MUSP 210, 410, 710 Wind Ensemble
MUSP 213, 413, 713 Concert Band
MUSP 790AD Rehearsal Techniques
MUSP 790C Special Topics: Conducting
MUSP 790R Special Topics: Score Analysis
The University of Miami
MIP 317 Basic Conducting
MIP 418 Instrumental Conducting
MIP 407 Skills Lab VII - Basic Conducting/Arranging
MIP CDX Conducting (Private Conducting)
Bethel College
COA 104 Theater Practicum
EDU 350 Teaching the Expressive Arts-Music
MUS 115 Aural Skills I
MUS 126 Applied Music-Brass
MUS 172 Camerata Musica
MUS 261 Beginning Techniques WW/Percussion
MUS 262 Beginning Techniques Brass/String
MUS 314 Conducting
MUS 326 Applied Music-Brass
MUS 330 Composition
MUS 372 Camerata Musica
MUS 352-01 Chamber Orchestra/Philharmonia
MUS 352-02 Wind Ensemble
MUS 454 Instrumental Materials and Methods 4-12
Student Teacher Supervision
COMMISSIONS/COLLABORATIONS/PREMIERES
2019 - Symphony No. 2 by James Syler - Lead Commissioner/World Premiere
2019 - Into Air, Into Thin Air by Derek Jenkins - Lead Commissioner
2019 - Hero by Andrew Boss - Consortium Member
2018 - Fanfare for an Angel by James Stephenson - Consortium Member
2018 - Into the Silent Land by Steve Danyew - Consortium Member
2018 - Toward the Hour Arises First Light by Andrew Boss - Consortium Member
2017 - Ondine’s Lullaby by Andy Akiho - Consortium Member
2016 - Fractures by Aleks Sternfeld-Dun - World Premiere
2016 - Mundus Novus by Javier Albornoz - Lead Commissioner
2015 - Hosannas by David Maslanka - Lead Commissioner/Organizer
2015 - Masks and Machines by Paul Dooley - Lead Commissioner/Organizer
2014 - Alcott Songs by Steve Danyew - Consortium Member
2013 - Fantasy in Earth Tones by James Mobberley - Consortium Member
2013, Spring - Host of Thomas Sleeper at Bethel College
2013, Spring - Host of Steve Danyew & Cuyler Bryant at Bethel College
2013, Spring - Host of James Syler at Bethel College
2012 - This World Alive by Steve Danyew - Lead Commissioner/Organizer/World Premiere Performance
2012 - Sinfonietta by James Syler - Consortium Member
2012 - Point Blank by Paul Dooley - Consortium Member
2011 - A Soliloquy for Solferino by Martin Ellerby - Consortium Member
2010 - Parallax by Thomas Sleeper - Lead Commissioner/Organizer/World Premiere Performance
2010 - The Seal Lullaby by Eric Whitacre - Consortium Member
2010, Fall - Host of Derek Jenkins in Residence at Bethel College
2010, Spring - Host of Paul Rudy in Residence at Bethel College
2009 - Boreas: The North Wind by Derek Jenkins - Commissioner/World Premiere Performance
2009 - Statues to the Sky by Steve Danyew - Commissioner/World Premiere Performance
2009 - Goodnight, Goodnight by Steve Danyew - Commissioner/World Premiere Performance
2009 - Postcard Prairie by Paul Rudy - Commissioner/World Premiere Performance
2009 - Event Horizon by Paul Rudy - Commissioner/World Premiere Performance
2009 - A Winter's Tale by Philip Sparke - Consortium Member
2006 - Sonata for Baritone Horn by Edward Largent - Commissioner/World Premiere Performance
2005 - Over Land and Under Sea by James Leatherbarrow - World Premiere Performance
GUEST SOLOIST APPEARANCES
11/14 Frost Symphonic Winds, Coral Gables, FL
6/14 W.D. Packard Concert Band, Warren, OH
5/14 South Dade High School, Homestead, FL
5/13 McPherson Brass Ensemble, McPherson, KS
4/13 McPherson Brass Ensmeble, McPherson, KS
9/11 Wichita Wind Ensmeble, Wichita, KS
2/11 Bethel College Concert Choir, Wichita, KS
5/10 Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra, Newton, KS
2/09 Bethel College Jazz Combo, Wichita, KS
10/08 Hesston High School Symphonic Band, Hesston, KS
11/08 Wichita Wind Ensemble, Wichita, KS
5/08 Greater Miami Symphonic Band, Coral Gables, FL
5/08 Greater Miami Symphonic Band, Coral Gables, FL
11/07 Frost Symphonic Winds, Coral Gables, FL
5/06 Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Youngstown, OH
2/06 W.D. Packard Concert Band, Warren, OH
7/05 Dana All-Star Band, Youngstown, OH
1/05 Dana Chamber Orchestra, Youngstown, OH
1/04 Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Youngstown, OH
COMMERCIAL EXPERIENCE
2008-2009 – Lotus
Summer 2007 – Carnival Cruise Lines – M/S Inspiration
3/07 – Symphony of the Americas
3/07 – Craig Turley Orchestra with Bernadette Peters
1/07–National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts All-Star Jazz Ensemble
2004-2006 – Brass Taxi
2004-2006 – Sabor Latino
2004-2006 – Upstairs Trio
2004-2006 – Host for “College Night” at Cedar’s Lounge in Youngstown
Summer 2003 – Carnival Cruise Lines – M/S Fantasy
2001-2003 – Jazz 2 Go Big Band
2001-2003 – Vaughn Weister’s Famous Jazz Orchestra
2001-2002 – Rick Brunetto Big Band
1999-2002 – Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA)
The College Music Society (CMS)
Kansas Bandmasters Association (KBA)
Kansas Music Educators Association (KMEA)