Education:
Ph.D. Candidate in Composition
City University of New York, Graduate Center (New York, NY)
Master of Philosophy in Composition
City University of New York, Graduate Center (New York, NY)
Master of Arts in Composition
Queens College, Aaron Copland School of Music (Flushing, NY)
Bachelor of Science in Music Theory and Composition
Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY)
Principal Composition Teachers:
Tania León (CUNY, Graduate Center)
Bruce Saylor (CUNY, Graduate Center; Queens College)
Lee Chandler Carter (Hofstra University)
Herbert Deutsch (Hofstra University)
Lessons and Master-classes with:
Sydney Hodkinson, Jason Eckardt, David Del Tredici, Ken Lampl, Bruce Reiprich, Laurie Friedman-Adler, Matthew Herman, David Olan, Hubert Howe
Prizes, Awards, Residencies, and Festivals:
2023 Composers Now Festival
2019 Composers Now Festival & Composers Interviewing Composers
2018 New Music on the Bayou Festival, Louisiana
2017 Red Note Music Festival, Illinois State University
2016 Hot Air Music Festival, San Francisco Conservatory
2012-16. Composers Now Festival, New York City
2011-12 Composer in Residence, The Curiosity Cabinet
2011 Composer in Residence, CUNY Contemporary Music Ensemble
2010-15 Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowship, CUNY, Graduate Center
2009-10 Guest Composition Teacher, Buckley Country Day School, NY
2009 Luigi Dallapiccola Award, Queens College
2008 Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society
2007 William Lawrence Honor Recital, Hofstra University
Commissions:
2019 Ascension: Autumn in Central Park for The Astoria Music Project
2017 Now I Lay You Down to Sleep for the Red Note Music Festival
2015 Nyx for ensemble mise-en
2014 Three Caprices for Cadillac Moon Ensemble
2013 The Hill Wife for Danya Katok-Ahlbin and Bonnie McAlvin
2011 Miniature for Cello for Zsaz Rutkowski
2011 An Oval Form Intersected by an Irregular Rectangle for the CUNY Contemporary Music Ensemble
2011 My Mother is a Fish for Cygnus Ensemble
2010 Arrival of the Hero for the Huntington Elementary School Bands
2009 Macondo for the Hofstra New Music Ensemble
2006 A Stroll in an Enchanted Forest and March of the Ants from Krissy Kaplan for her students
2005 3 Numbers for Solo Clarinet for Laurie Friedman-Adler
Performances at the Following Venues:
Carnegie Hall, Columbia University, CUNY Graduate Center, Cornelia Street Cafe (New York, NY); Art House Astoria, Queens College, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Trinity Lutheran Church of Astoria (Queens, New York); Bard College, Hofstra University, Huntington High School, and Southdown and Jefferson Elementary Schools (Greater NYC)
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and First Baptist Church of Lexington (Massachusetts)
San Francisco Conservatory and Sacramento State University (California)
Illinois State University (Illinois)
Black Bayou National Wildlife Refuge (Louisiana)
Temple University, Western Wayne High School, Honesdale Central Park, and Scranton Band Shell (Pennsylvania)
Benoit Apartment Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Performed By:
Del Sol Quartet, Contemporaneous Ensemble, ensemble mise-en, Mivos Quartet, Cadillac Moon Ensemble, Astoria Music Project, Black Sheep Contemporary Ensemble, Second Instrumental Unit, Pedroia Quartet, Zukofsky Quartet, The Curiosity Cabinet, Cygnus Ensemble, Trio Casals, Quartet Avant-Garde, CUNY Contemporary Music Ensemble, Bard College Flute Ensemble, Hofstra University New Music Ensemble, Hofstra University Orchestra, Hofstra University Lab Choir, Patricia Spencer (Flute), Laurie Freidman-Adler (Clarinet), Danya Katok-Ahlbin (Soprano), Bonnie McAlvin (Flute), Zsaz Rutkowski (Cello), Daniel J. Partridge (Horn)
Discography:
“This Fragmented Old Man” on Quadrants Vol. 2, Pedroia Quartet, Navona
iTunes; Amazon; Spotify
“Three Caprices” for Violin and Cello on Moto Eterno, Navona
iTunes; Amazon; Spotify
Airplay:
KALX 90.7FM – Amazing Grace – UC Berkeley, CA
WCNY – Fresh From the Wrapper with Diane Jones – Syracuse, NY
WRUV – Radioactivity: The Floating Head of Zsa Zsa – Burlington, VT
93.9FM – Radio Horizon – Netherlands