EDUCATION

D.M.A. University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH.  Major: Piano Performance; Cognate: Music Theory, 2003-2007

M.M. Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY.  Major: Piano Performance, 2000-2002

B.M. Indiana University at South Bend, South Bend, IN.  Major: Piano Performance, 1996-2000

MAJOR TEACHERS

Elizabeth and Eugene Pridonoff, Phillip Kawin, Alexander Toradze, Alexander Korsantiya, Maxim Mogilevsky, George Vatchnadze

 

UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE

Full-Time tenured faculty, Central State University, August 2006 – present.

Teaching duties include Applied Piano lessons to private studio, Music Theory I, II, and IV, Piano Pedagogy, and Instrumental Accompanying.

Founder and Program Director of Music Mentors at Central State University, a community outreach program that provides free applied music lessons to members of the Miami Valley community, October 2007  – present

Co-founder of Rhymes and Beats, a semi-annual performance that promotes spoken word and music in the community, February 2007 – March 2009

Adjunct Faculty, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, January 2004 – May 2006.  Teaching duties include: Applied Piano lessons for Non-Piano Music Majors and Music Electives ranging from Beginner to Intermediate levels.

Part-time Faculty, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. Cincinnati, OH January 2005 – May 2006

Communiversity Piano.  Duties include: Group Piano Class for Adult Beginner Students

Graduate Assistant.  Duties include: Group Teaching for Sophomore Intermediate and Graduate Elementary levels.  Private teaching – Beginner to Early Advanced.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2011 – present

University College Curriculum Committee, 2011 – present

Honors Day Committee, 2011 – present

Charter Day Committee, 2011 – present

Commencement Committee, 2011 – present

FYS Advisory Board, 2011 – present

UCLC Advisory Committee, 2010 – 2011

Career Specialist Search Committee, July 2010

Campus Climate Committee, 2009-2010

Vice President of Student Affairs Search Committee, 2009-2010

Music Department NASM Task Force Committee, 2009-present

Provost Search Committee, 2008-2009

Customer Service Committee, 2008-2009

University Senate Nomination Committee Chair, 2008-present

AAUP Nominations Committee, 2007-2008, 2010-2011

Hispanic Heritage Committee 2007-2008

SAEM Director Search Committee, 2007-2008

Co-advisor of Mu Phi Epsilon, 2007-present

University Committee on Student Relations, 2007-2010

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Artist-In-Residence, Emerson School of the Arts, November 2009

Bronx School of Music, Bronx, NY, September 2002 – July 2003

Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn, NY, January 2002 – July 2003

MASTER CLASSES GIVEN

Ohio Music Teachers Association, Wilberforce, OH, February 2011,

Pittsburgh School of the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2010

Emerson School of the Arts, Gary, IN, October 2010

Whitney Young Magnet High School, Chicago, IL, October 2010

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, September 2010

World Piano Conference, Novi Sad, Serbia, August 2010

Dayton Piano Teachers Study Club, Dayton, OH, April 2010

Whitney Young Magnet High School, Chicago, IL, November 2009

DeKalb School of the Arts, Atlanta, GA, September 2009

East Chicago High School, Gary, IN, February 2009

University of Guam, Agana, Guam, August 2005

Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, WI November 2004

ACCOMPANYING FACULTY

Boys Choir of Harlem Academy, New York, NY, January 2001-June 2001

Riley High School, South Bend, IN, September 1998-May 2000

 

AWARDS

Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service, Central State University, May 2008

University Graduate Assistant Award, Fall 2005 – Spring 2006

University Graduate Scholarship, Fall 2003 – Spring 2006

Prize Winner, Indiana University at South Bend Concerto Competition – Fall 1997

 

SOLO PERFORMANCE

University of Fort Kent – Maine, Fort Kent, ME, December 2011

Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, December 2011

University of Texas – Brownsville, Brownsville, TX, November 2011

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, September 2010

University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, September 2010

World Piano Conference, Novi Sad, Serbia, August 2010

Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, August 2010

Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, November 2009

Heidelberg University, Tiffin, OH, November 2009

Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, November 2009

Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, November 2009

Alcorn State University, Alcorn State, MS, November 2008

Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH, November 2008

Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, November 2007

California State-LA University, Los Angeles, CA, November 2007

Heidelberg College, Tiffin, OH, October 2007

Mount Union College, Alliance, OH, October 2007

Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, September 2007

Watson Hall, Cincinnati, OH, November 2005  – degree recital

University of Guam Endowment Foundation, Agana, Guam, August 2005

Schwann Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI, November 2004

Werner Hall, Cincinnati, OH, September 2004 – degree recital

Maison de Wavre, Wavre, Belgium, August 2004, August 2005 – performances in festival concert

Riverside Church, New York, NY, May 2003

Jan Deyl Conservatory, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2002, July 2004 – performances in festival concert

Pforzheimer Hall, New York, NY, April 2002 – degree recital

Clore Centre, Tel-Hai, Israel, August 2001  – performance in festival concert

State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, July 1999 – performance in Festival concert

Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee WI, May 1999

Northside Hall, South Bend, IN, May 1999

Elkhart Museum, Elkhart IN, January 1998

 

CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE

Piano/Voice, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, January 2012

Percussion Ensemble Concert, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, April 2011

Piano/Voice, Dayton Music Club, Dayton, OH, February 2011

Piano/Voice, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, February 2011

Piano/Voice, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, January 2011

Piano/Voice, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, October 2010

Piano/Voice, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, October 2010

Dayton Chamber Winds, St.Helen Parish, Dayton, OH, May 2010

Percussion Ensemble Concert, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, April 2010

Piano/Voice, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, February 2010

Piano/Voice, Wilberforce University Opera Scenes, Wilberforce, OH, April 2009

Piano/Voice, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, April 2009

Piano/Voice, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH, March 2009

Percussion Ensemble Concert, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, April 2008

Piano/Voice, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, OH, September 2007

Percussion Ensemble Concert, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, April 2007

Piano/Voice, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, January 2007

Piano/Tuba, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, June 2006

Piano/Bassoon, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, February 2006

Piano Duo, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, May 2005 – degree recital

Piano/Voice, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, February 2005

Piano/Euphonium, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, October 2004

PUBLICATIONS

Doctoral Thesis, “The Aesthetic Relevance of the Golden Section in the Keyboard Works of Debussy, Satie and J.S. Bach: the Relationship of Structure, Temporal Flow, and Proportional Balance,” August 2007

“How Do You Monitor or Influence Practice Between Classes?,” Keyboard Companion Fall 2004

ACADEMIC PAPER PRESENTATIONS

“ Pedgogical Discoveries at a Historically Black University” Urban Education Conference, Central State University, January 2010

“ Pedgogical Discoveries at a Historically Black University” Music and the Arts: Still Our Only Future, William Grant Still Tribute Conference, Natchez, MS, November 2009

“Let All My Life Be Music,” Faculty Artist Lecture Recital, Ohio Music Teachers Association, Central State University, September 2009

“Let All My Life Be Music,” Faculty Artist Lecture Recital, Her Story-Her Song: Festival of African American Women Composers and Arrangers, University of Dayton, October 2009

Music of the African/African-American Diaspora, Session Chair, College Music Society National Conference, September 2008

“The Transfer Student — Learning-Based Teaching and Eurhythmics, a.k.a. ‘Dealing With What Ya Got,’” March 2008

“ Pedgogical Discoveries at a Historically Black University,” College Music Society National Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2007

 

 

ADJUDICATION

Wright State University Honors Recital Competition Finals, May 2011

AP Music Theory Reader, Cincinnati, OH June 2010, 2011

Wright State University Honors Recital Competition Semi-Finals, April 2010

University of Dayton Concerto Competition, April 2010

AP Music Theory Reader, Lincoln, NB, June 2009

Chicago Citywide Solo Piano Contest, February 2009

Cedarville University Concerto Competition, January 2009 – 2011

Ohio Buckeye Auditions (Dayton), District Level, April 2008

Heidelberg University Piano Concerto Competition, December 2006

Keyboard Teachers Association (Cincinnati), April 2004

ORGANIZATIONS

Ohio Federation of Music Clubs

Culture Works Associate Board Member

William Grant Still Festival Board Member

National Guild of Community Schools of America

Mu Phi Epsilon

Ohio Music Teachers Association (OMTA)

Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)

College Music Society