List of Achievements in Music

 

Performing

  • Demonstrator & Exhibitionist at the National Association for Music Merchants (NAMM) Convention in Anaheim, CA for Bravo Reeds & Reed Booster — January 2016
  • The New Flamingo Swing Orchestra — (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet) www.newflamingswingorchestra.com
  • Sacramento State University Orchestra — First Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
  • Pit Musician — “Oklahoma”, “The Pajama Game”, “Cabaret”, “42nd Street”, “See What I Wanna See”, “The Three Penny Opera”, “The Wiz”, “Guys & Dolls” (clarinet, bass clarinet, alto/tenor/baritone saxophone)

Honor Ensembles

  • CBDNA Intercollegiate Honor Band — Bass Clarinet
  • Monterey Jazz Festival High School All-Star Big Band — Baritone Sax
  • California Band Directors Association All-State Honor Band— Clarinet
  • CMEA Capitol Area Student Honor Band — Clarinet
  • Northern California Band Director’s Association High School Honor Band — Clarinet
  • CMEA Northern California Junior High Honor Band— Clarinet

Teaching

  • Harker School, Lower School Campus, San Jose CA — Music Coach (clarinet & saxophone), September 2014 - present
  • Private Music Studio — Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano, July 2013 - present
  • Piano Accompanist for Mission Hill and Branciforte Middle School — September 2013 - June 2014 (piano)

Education

  • California State University, East Bay — Bill Wohlmacher, clarinet instructor
  • California State University, Sacramento - Bachelor of Music with double emphasis in Clarinet Performance & Composition — (2012) Deborah Pittman, clarinet instructor 

Scholarships

  • Berklee College of Music — Baritone Saxophone
  • Donner Mine CMEA scholarship, Don Schmeer Scholarship — Clarinet
  • Donner Mine DMMC scholarships — Clarinet
  • Stanford Jazz Workshop — Baritone Saxophone
  • Sacramento Saturday Club — Clarinet & Piano

Awards

  • International Association of Jazz Educators Award for Outstanding Musicianship, American River College Jazz Festival
  • University of Nevada Reno Jazz Festival, Certificate in Recognition of Outstanding Musicianship
  • Folsom High School Jazz Festival, Award of Excellence
  • University of Nevada Reno Jazz Festival, Certificate in Recognition of Outstanding Musicianship
  • Orchestral Arrangement of Rialto Ripples won class competition - performed by Sacramento State University Orchestra - 2012