Education
MASTER OF MUSIC
Conducting Emphasis
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
BACHELOR OF MUSIC
magna cum laude
Sacred Music Vocal
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina
ASSOCIATE IN FINE ARTS
Music
Lenoir Community College
Kinston, North Carolina
Conducting Experience
Artistic Director | 2025 – Present
Assistant Conductor | 2024
Tucson Summer Chorus
Tucson, Arizona
Choir Director | 2025, 2026
Lamb of God (Rob Gardner)
Tucson Interfaith Production
Tucson, Arizona
Assistant Conductor | 2024
University Singers
University of Arizona; Tucson, Arizona
Assistant Conductor | 2023 – 2024
Treble Glee
University of Arizona; Tucson, Arizona
Director of Music Ministries | 2022 – Present
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Tucson, Arizona
Director of Music Ministries | 2020 – 2022
First United Methodist Church
Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
Music Director | 2019 – 2021
Spilman Memorial Baptist Church
Kinston, North Carolina
Choirmaster & Pianist | 2015 – 2017
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Salinas, California
Music Director | 2014 – 2015
Westminster United Methodist Church
Kinston, North Carolina
Choirmaster | 2012 – 2014
Camp Ground United Methodist Church
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Music Director | 2008 – 2012
Sharon United Methodist Church
Kinston, North Carolina
Performance & Artistic Experience
Vocals, Keys, Guitar | In Active Performances
Dreams and Rumours: The Fleetwood Mac Experience
Produced by Clay Whittington Music & Entertainment
Tucson, Arizona
Vocals, Keys | In Active Performances
Power of Love: The Best of Huey Lewis and the News
Produced by Every Era Entertainment
Tucson, Arizona
Tenor Soloist | 2025
Mass No. 2 in G major, D 167 (Franz Schubert)
Produced by Voices in the Oaks
Oracle, Arizona
Pianist, Entertainer | 2023 – Present
The Gaslight Theatre
Tucson, Arizona
Piano Bar Entertainer | 2016 – 2018
Carnival Cruise Line
Miami, Florida
Music Director, Keys | 2015
Ring of Fire
Produced by The Thalian Association
Wilmington, North Carolina
Selected Choral Performance Experience
Son of God Mass | James Whitbourn
University of Arizona Symphonic Choir
Tucson, Arizona
2025
Terza Messa | Marianna Martines
University of Arizona Symphonic Choir
Tucson, Arizona
2024
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Resurrection | Gustav Mahler
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Tucson, Arizona
2023
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 | Ludwig van Beethoven
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Tucson, Arizona
2023
Messiah, HWV 56 | George Frideric Handel
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Tucson, Arizona
2022
Gloria, RV 589 | Antonio Vivaldi
East Carolina University Chamber Singers
Greenville, North Carolina
2019
Mass in B-flat major, Hob.XXII:14, Harmoniemesse | Franz Joseph Haydn
Carmel Bach Festival Chorus
Carmel-By-The-Sea, California
2015
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Carmel Bach Festival Chorus
Carmel-By-The-Sea, California
2015
Messiah, HWV 56 | George Frideric Handel
Lenoir Community College
Kinston, North Carolina
2005, 2006, 2009
Publications
Choral Journal | Volume 64, No. 8 (May 2024), p. 89
Choral Review: Kurt Weill’s Kiddush
Lectures & Presentations
Presbyterian Association of Musicians Worship & Music Conference | 2026
Come Sunday: Duke Ellington in Worship
Interest Session Presenter
University of Arizona Choral Conducting Program | 2025
Pipe Organ Essentials for Choral Conductors
Guest Lecturer
Arizona American Choral Directors Association Summer Conference | 2025
Choral Jazz in Worship
Interest Session Presenter
University of Arizona Choral Literature Intensive | 2025
The Choral Works of Kurt Weill
Guest Lecturer
Awards and Recognition
University of Arizona Scholarship Awards | 2023 – 2025
University of Arizona; Tucson, Arizona
• Donald and Mary Ruth Shropshire Scholarship (2023 – 2024, 2024 – 2025)
• Merrylees W. Mayer Choral Scholarship (2024 – 2025)
• John Bloom Choral Scholarship (2024 – 2025)
• Bruce Chamberlain Endowed Scholarship (2023 – 2024)
• Albert M. Haldeman Music Scholarship (2023 – 2024)
• Lutheran Brotherhood Bach Scholarship (2023 – 2024)
The Society of Pi Kappa Lambda | Inducted May 2022
Beta Zeta Chapter, East Carolina University; Greenville, North Carolina
Magna Cum Laude Graduate | 2022
East Carolina University; Greenville, North Carolina
Eagle Scout | 2005
Boy Scouts of America, East Carolina Council, Troop 585
Academic & Professional Organizations
The Society of Pi Kappa Lambda
Beta Zeta Chapter, East Carolina University
Member since 2022
American Guild of Organists
Member since 2018
Communications Officer, East Carolina Chapter (2020-2022)
American Choral Directors Association
Member since 2009
Vice President, University of Arizona Graduate Chapter (2024-2025)
Presbyterian Association of Musicians
Member since 2023