EDUCATION
DMA, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2010-2014
MM, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007
BM, Boston University, 2003
TEACHING
Private Horn Studio Teacher
- Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas, TX, Horn Instructor, 2019—current
- Richardson ISD, Richardson, TX, Horn Instructor, 2019—current
- University of North Texas, Denton, TX, Adjunct Instructor of Horn, 2019
- Prince of Peace Christian School, Carrolton, TX, Horn Instructor, 2019
- Woodrow Wilson High School, Dallas, TX, Horn Instructor, 2018-2019
- Reinhardt University, Waleska, GA, Adjunct Horn Instructor, 2015-2017
Horn Studio Masterclasses and Clinics
- University of Georgia
- Kennesaw State University
- East Carolina University
- University of Minnesota
- Wheaton College
- Ball State University
- University of Illinois
- Saint Cloud University Guest Artist, Horn Masterclass
- Fayetteville High School Symphonic Band Camp Clinician
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Selected Orchestral
- Plano Symphony, sub, 2019-present
- Dallas Winds, sub, 2019-present
- North Carolina Symphony, sub, 2016-2018
- Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, sub, 2014-2017
- Symphony Orchestra Augusta, sub, 2014-2017
- Macon Symphony Orchestra, sub, 2015-2017
- LaGrange Symphony Orchestra, sub, 2013-2016
- Les Miserablé at Springer Theatre, Principal Horn, 2014
- Champaign Urbana Symphony Orchestra, 2nd Horn, 2010-2013
- Illinois Symphony Orchestra, 2011-2013
- Minnesota Opera, Substitute, 2008-present
- Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, 2009
- Thayer Symphony Orchestra, 2nd Horn, 2006-2007
Selected Solo and Chamber
- Height Difference Duo, IWBC, Tempe, AZ 5/19
- Height Difference Duo, CMS/NACWPI, Vancouver BC 10/18
- neoPhonia, April 2016, as part of the SoundNOW Music Festival
- International Horn Society’s Northeast and Southeast Horn Workshops January & March 2015, Performed J. Michael Haydn’s Concertino in D for Horn and Orchestra
- International Horn Society’s Annual Symposium 2015, Performed Tèarmunn for horn and vibraphone & J. Michael Haydn’s Concertino in D for Horn and Orchestra
- Beltline Brass Quintet, 2014-2015
- DMA Lecture Recital, UIUC, 2014
- DMA Degree Recitals, UIUC, 2012
- Meir Rimon Grant Recital, featuring new works for horn, sponsored by IHS, 2011
- Guest Artist Horn Recital at Saint Cloud State University, 2009
- First Lutheran Church Scholarship Recitals, coordinator and founder, 2009-present
- University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate Woodwind Quintet, 2005-2007
- Movadi Winds, founding member, 2004-2005
- Bay Colony Brass, member, 2003-2004
RECORDINGS
Monument, Stephen Ivany Chamber Music CD, forthcoming
Performed two pieces, shoulder to shoulder and work songs, by Adam Scott Neal
Interiors: A CD Collaboration between Adam Scott Neal and Chamber Cartel
(Released July 16, 2015)
Performed Tèarmunn for horn and vibraphone
PUBLICATIONS
“The Improvisational Approach to Classical Music”
The Horn Call
May 2015, Volume XLV, No. 3; pages 27-29