Education
MASTER OF MUSIC
Choral Conducting
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
(expected May 2025)
BACHELOR OF MUSIC
magna cum laude
Sacred Music
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina
ASSOCIATE IN FINE ARTS
Music
Lenoir Community College
Kinston, North Carolina
Employment Experience
Pianist, Entertainer | 2023 – Present
THE GASLIGHT THEATRE
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
Piano Bar Entertainer | 2016 – 2018
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE
Miami, Florida
Music Director | 2015 – 2017
EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Salinas, California
Music Director | 2014 – 2015
WESTMINSTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Kinston, North Carolina
Choirmaster & Pianist | 2012 – 2014
CAMP GROUND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Organist | 2011 – 2013
TEMPLE B’NAI SHOLEM
New Bern, North Carolina
Music Director | 2008 – 2012
SHARON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Kinston, North Carolina
Pianist | 2004 – 2005
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
LaGrange, North Carolina
Selected Choral Direction Experience
Choral Director | 2025
Lamb of God by Rob Gardner
Pima County Interfaith Production
Tucson, Arizona
Assistant Conductor | 2024
University Singers (University of Arizona)
Tucson, Arizona
Assistant Conductor, Collaborative Pianist | 2024
Tucson Summer Chorus
Tucson, Arizona
Assistant Conductor, Collaborative Pianist | 2023 – 2024
University of Arizona Treble Glee
Tucson, Arizona
Selected Choral Performance Experience
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
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
Selected Theatrical Direction Experience
Music Director, Keys | RING OF FIRE
Thalian Association
Wilmington, North Carolina
2015
Assistant Director | THE CONSUL
East Carolina University Opera Theatre
Greenville, North Carolina
2009
Director | DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL ON STAGE
Lenoir Community College Playmakers Theatre
Kinston, North Carolina
2008
Music Director | EBENEZER: A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Lenoir Community College Theatre
Kinston, North Carolina
2007
Music Director | OLIVER!
Lenoir Community College Theatre
Kinston, North Carolina
2007
Music Director, Pianist | NUNSENSE!
Lenoir Community College Theatre
Kinston, North Carolina
2005
Music Director, Pianist | ANNIE
Lenoir Community College Theatre
Kinston, North Carolina
2005
Selected Concert & Theatrical Performance Experience
Vocals, Keys | POWER OF LOVE: THE BEST OF HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS
Every Era Entertainment
Tucson, Arizona
2025 (in production)
Solo Performer (Organ) | NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR (1922)
Self-Produced Silent Film Accompaniment
Tucson, Arizona
2024
Solo Performer (Organ) | PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
Self-Produced Silent Film Accompaniment
Tucson, Arizona
2023
Performer, Producer | QUARANTUNES
Self-Produced Virtual Piano Bar
Greenville, North Carolina
2020 – 2022
El Gallo | THE FANTASTICKS
East Carolina University Opera Theatre
Greenville, North Carolina
2020
Piano Man | 88 KEYS
Carnival Cruise Line
Miami, Floria
2018 (M/S Pride), 2017 (M/S Miracle)
Simon Zealotes, Guitars, Technical Director | JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Kinston Community Council for the Arts
Kinston, North Carolina
2011
Professor Plum | CLUE: THE MUSICAL
Kinston Community Council for the Arts
Kinston, North Carolina
2010
Keys, Guitars | TEXAS MUSICAL DRAMA
Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation
Canyon, Texas
2008, 2007
Publications
Choral Journal | Volume 64, No. 8 (May 2024), p. 89
Choral Review: Kurt Weill’s Kiddush
Awards and Recognition
THE SOCIETY OF PI KAPPA LAMBDA | Inducted May 2022
Beta Zeta Chapter, East Carolina University; Greenville, North Carolina
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)
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)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING
Member since 2020
PRESBYTERIAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSICIANS
Member since 2023