MY EDUCATION, PERFORMANCE, TEACHING, AND WORK EXPERIENCE
Doctor of Musical Arts | Trumpet Performance
Stony Brook University (SUNY) – Stony Brook, NY
Advanced Certificate | Music Education
Brooklyn College (CUNY) – Brooklyn, NY
Master of Music | Trumpet Performance
Indiana University – Bloomington, IN
Bachelor of Music | Trumpet Performance
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
Select Recordings & Performances
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Black Box (TV Series), Soloist, American Broadcasting Company (ABC) – Brooklyn, NY (2014)
Flat Tire (Jazz Quartet), Silvana – New York, NY (2014)
DeVotchKa, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue – Washington, DC (2013)
DeVotchKa, Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY (2013)
DeVotchKa, Trocadero Theatre – Philadelphia, PA (2013)
DeVotchKa Folkadelphia Session (WXPN Radio Broadcast) – Philadelphia, PA (2013)
Marian McPartland in Concert: A Portrait of Rachel Carlson, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra – New York, NY (2009)
Piano Concerto No. 1, D. Shostakovich (Soloist), Ureuk Symphony Orchestra – New York, NY (2004)
The Dynamics: You Ain’t Got To Go Home, Echo Park Studios – Bloomington, IN (2001)
The Dynamics (LIVE!), Echo Park Studios – Bloomington, IN (2000)
A Tribute To Harry James (Soloist), Musikverein Dotternhausen (MVD) – Dotternhausen, Germany (1998)
Konzert Duo (Recital Soloist), Kath. Kirchengemeinde St. Martinus – Dotternhausen, Germany (1999)
Broadway Productions
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Curtains! (Al Hirschfield Theater) – New York, NY
Gray Gardens (Playwrights Horizons) – New York, NY
Miss Saigon (SI-Centrum Stuttgart) – Stuttgart, Germany
42nd Street (Patchogue Theater) – Patchogue, NY
The Full Monty (Patchogue Theater) – Patchogue, NY
The Frogs (Vivian Beaumont Theater) – New York, NY
A Christmas Carol (Madison Square Garden) – New York, NY
The Wiz (The Fieldston School) – Bronx, NY
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Jazz / Commercial Memberships & Associations
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Flat Tire (Jazz Quartet, Founder/Leader) – New York, NY
Quartet Raven-A-Ning (Trombone Quartet featuring Ray Anderson) – Stony Brook, NY
DeVotchKa (Northeast concert tours) – Washington, DC | Philadelphia, PA | New York, NY
Stan Rubin Orchestra – New York, NY
City College of NewYork (CUNY) JazzEnsemble – New York, NY
The Dynamics – Bloomington, IN
Indiana University Jazz Ensemble – Bloomington, IN
Walker Brothers Quintet – Eau Claire, WI
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble – Eau Claire, WI
As Ensemble Director / Conductor
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Kutztown University Jazz Ensemble I, Guest Director – Kutztown, PA
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble I, Guest Director – Eau Claire, WI
Musikverein Dotternhausen (MVD), Guest Conductor – Kath. Kirchengemeinde St. Martinus, Dotternhausen, Germany
Musikverein Dotternhausen (MVD), Guest Director – Dotternhausen, Germany
Musikverein Boll – Guest Director – Boll, Germany
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Orchestral Associations
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The Choral Society – New York, NY
Di Capo Opera Theater – New York, NY
Bel Canto Opera Company – New York, NY
Bronx Opera Company – Bronx, NY
Verismo Opera of New Jersey – Englewood, NJ
New Rochelle Opera Company – New Rochelle, NY
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players – New York, NY
Princeton Chapel Choir Orchestra – New York, NY
The Hunter Symphony – New York, NY
Korean Chamber Orchestra of NewYork – NewYork, NY
Ureuk Symphony Orchestra – New York, NY
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra – New York, NY
Gramercy Brass Orchestra – New York, NY
Mid-America (Carnegie Hall Series) – New York, NY
Norwalk Symphony Orchestra – Norwalk, CT
Gateway Classical Music Society – New York, NY
92nd Street Y School of Music Orchestra – New York, NY
Voices of Ascension Chorus & Orchestra (Dennis Keene) – New York, NY
NYC Gay Men’s Chorus – New York, NY
Musikverein Dotternhausen (MVD) – Dotternhausen, Germany
Brass Chamber Music Memberships & Associations
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San Marco Brass Quintet – New York, NY
Elysium Brass Quintet – New York, NY
Gothic Brass, Quintet in Residence, Cathedral of St. John the Divine – New York, NY
Westside Brass Quartet – New York, NY
Polk Street Brass Quintet – Chicago, IL
As Educator
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The Juilliard School PreCollege, Trumpet Instructor (substitute) – New York, NY
The Hartt School, University of Hartford, Trumpet Instructor (substitute) – Hartford, CT
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Guest Brass/Jazz Clinician & Trumpet Instructor – Kutztown, PA
Moorhead State University, Guest Brass/Jazz Clinician – Moorhead, MN
Special Music School High School, Brass Quintet Coach – New York, NY
Robert F. Wagner Middle School (MS 167), Student Teacher – New York, NY
Robert R. Stevenson Elementary School (PS 183), Student Teacher & Guest Instructor – New York, NY
Chippewa Valley Youth Symphony, Instructor/Section Leader – Eau Claire, WI
Nazareth Academy, Jazz Theory & Improvisation Instructor – LaGrange Park, IL
Musikverein Dotternhausen (MVD), Jazz Theory & Improvisation Instructor – Dotternhausen, Germany
Musikakademie Kürnbach, Brass Instructor – Kürnbach, Germany
Jugendmusikschule Hechingen, Brass Instructor – Hechingen, Germany
Musikverein Dotternhausen (MVD), Trumpet Instructor – Dotternhausen, Germany
Fenwick High School, Jazz Theory & Improvisation Instructor – Oak Park, IL
Treble Clef Music, Trumpet Instructor – Palos Hills, IL
Oak Lawn High School, Trumpet Instructor – Oak Lawn, IL
Neuqua Valley High School, Trumpet Instructor – Naperville, IL
Central School, Trumpet Instructor – Glencoe, IL
Glenbard South High School, Trumpet Instructor – Glen Ellyn, IL
Glenbard West High School, Trumpet Instructor – Glen Ellyn, IL
Foursquare (NYC)
Manager, Product & Data Support
Oct 2018 – Present
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Lead, Venues Support Team
Jan 2017 – Oct 2018
Intern, Venues Support Team
Sep 2016 – Jan 2017
For the past few years I have had the pleasure of working for Foursquare, a tech start-up leading the Geo-location space. I manage and mentor a team of 8 interns who are on 4 month contracts, rotating in and out throughout the year. While our day-to-day is spent triaging and performing a number of engineering, data analysis, geolocation, and consumer app-related support tasks, I tend to place a great deal of my focus on the career development of each of my interns.
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Over the years, I've developed a program that has proven to be very valuable not only to the company, but to the interns themselves. In 2019, we had a near 100% success rate where interns have accepted external or, when the stars align, internal employment. I attribute much of that success to the quality of the program and the value of the opportunities this internship provides. I'm humbled by and beyond proud of what we have accomplished, how successful the alumni have been thus far, and what we have created for future members of the team.
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NordikLabs (NYC)
I'm also a design-obsessed web enthusiast and operate a development side-hustle whose name alludes to my family's Norwegian roots. While I create websites both from scratch and using various online platforms, I'm mostly a novice who likes to tinker here and there.
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