Quick Resume: EDUCATION
2006 Performance Residency Program, Carnegie Mellon University
2004-2006 Master of Music in Oboe Performance, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
2000-2004 Bachelor of Music in Oboe Performance, University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music
ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE
2007 Principal Oboe, FEMUSC Philharmonic
2006 Oboe and English horn, Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic
2005 Principal Oboe, Richmond, Indiana Symphony
2004 Principal Oboe, Bristol, Connecticut Symphony
2004-2006 Oboe and English horn, CCM Philharmonia
2004-2006 Oboe and English horn, CCM Concert Orchestra
2003 Oboe and English horn, Brevard Symphony Orchestra
2001-2004 Oboe and English horn, Hartt Symphony Orchestra
ENSEMBLES
2005-2006 Ensemble Kamerad: a chamber group dedicated to performing music of composers who perished in the Holocaust
2004-2006 Oboe and English horn, CCM Wind Symphony
2005 Oboe, CCM Chamber Players
2005-2006 Oboe, CCM Chamber Winds
2003-2004 Oboe, Hartt Collegium Musicum Baroque Ensemble
2002-2003 Oboe, Hartt Contemporary Players
2002-2004 Oboe, Performance 20/20, Hartt Honors Chamber Music Program
SOLO RECITALS
2006 Master’s Oboe Recital, CCM
2005 Master’s Oboe Recital, CCM
2004 Senior Oboe Recital, Hartt
OBOE TEACHERS
2006 Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida
2004-2006 Mark Ostoich
2000-2004 Humbert Lucarelli
2003 John Mack
MASTERCLASSES I HAVE PERFORMED IN
2007 Alex Klein, former Principal Oboe of Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2007 Washington Barella, Principal Oboe of Baden-Baden Radio Symphony Orchestra
2006 Dan Ross, Professor of Oboe at Arkansas State University
2006 William McMullen, Professor of Oboe at University of Nebraska
2006 Barick Stees, Associate Principal Bassoon of Cleveland Orchestra
2006 Liang Wang, Principal Oboe of New York Philharmonic
2004 Sherry Sylar, Associate Principal Oboe of New York Philharmonic
2003 Pamela Frank, Violinist
2003 John Mack, former Principal Oboe of Cleveland Orchestra
2003 Tom Stacy, English horn soloist of New York Philharmonic
2003 Arcadio Minczuk, Principal Oboe of Sao Paolo State Symphony Orchestra
2002 Joseph Robinson, former Principal Oboe of New York Philharmonic
1997 Ralph Gomberg, former Principal Oboe of Boston Symphony Orchestra
MUSIC FESTIVALS ATTENDED
2007 Assistant Professor at the Festival de Música de Santa Catarina, Brazil
2005 Opera, Theatre, and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy
2004 Grandin Festival
2003 Brevard Music Center
2000-2001 Lucarelli Oboe Masterclass at Music Mountain
COMPETITIONS/ AWARDS
2004 3rd Prize, 39th Olga Koussevitsky Solo Competition for Winds and Brass
2001, 2004 Winner, Hartt Best of Chamber Music
2003-2004 Presser Foundation Scholarship
1998 Winner, Greater New Haven Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition
