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Résumé

Education

MASTER OF MUSIC
Choral Conducting
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

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


Conducting Experience

Artistic Director | 2024 – Present
Assistant Conductor | 2024
TUCSON SUMMER CHORUS
Tucson, Arizona

Choir Director | 2025
TUCSON INTERFAITH PRODUCTION: Lamb of God (Rob Gardner)
Tucson, Arizona

Director of Music Ministries | 2022 – Present
IMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
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 | 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 | 2025 (in production)
Dreams and Rumours: The Fleetwood Mac Experience
EVERY ERA ENTERTAINMENT
Tucson, Arizona

Vocals, Keys | 2025 (in production)
Power of Love: The Best of Huey Lewis and the News
EVERY ERA ENTERTAINMENT
Tucson, Arizona

Tenor Soloist | 2025
Mass No. 2 in G major, D 167 (Franz Schubert)
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
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


Presentations

Arizona American Choral Directors Association Summer Conference | 2025
Guest Presenter: Choral Jazz in Worship

University of Arizona Choral Literature Intensive | 2025
Guest Lecturer: Kurt Weill


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)

PRESBYTERIAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSICIANS
Member since 2023

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