Curriculum Vitae
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
Tenured Full-Time Faculty, Central State University, August 2006 – present
Teaching duties include Music Theory I, II, and IV, Music Appreciation, Class Piano I, II, III, and IV, Applied Piano, Accompanying, Form and Analysis, Counterpoint, 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
University Service
Honors Program Advisory Council, 2013 – 2014
College Preview Day Faculty Presenter, November 2013
Chief Marshal, 2012 – 2015
Freshman Academy Faculty Presenter, Fall 2010, 2011, 2013
Faculty Recruiter, 2010 – present
Mu Phi Epsilon Co-Advisor, 2007 – present
Committee Assignments
CHAS Dean Search Committee, 2015
University Senate Chair, 2014-present
University Senate Executive Committee, 2014 – present
Department Student Handbook Committee, 2014
CHAS Academic Policies Committee, 2012 – 2015
Promotion and Tenure Committee Chair, 2013 – 2014
Provost and VP of Academic Affairs Search Committee, 2012
Honors Day Committee, 2011 – 2015
Charter Day Committee, 2011 – 2015
Commencement Committee 2011 – 2015
Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2011 – 2014
FYS Advisory Board, 2011 – 2013
University College Curriculum Committee, 2011 – 2012
UCLC Advisory Committee, 2010 – 2011
Career Specialist Search Committee, July 2010
University Senate Nomination Committee, 200 8 – 2010
AAUP Nomination Committee, 2010 – 2011
Master Classes Given
University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH, February 2014
Winston Salem State University, Winston Salem, NC, February 2014
University of Texas – Pan American, Edinburg, TX, February 2014
University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH, February 2014
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
Solo Performances
Huston-Tillotson University, Austin, Texas, November 2015
University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH, February 2014
Winston Salem State University, Winston Salem, NC, February 2014
University of Texas – Pan American, Edinburg, TX, February 2014
Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, February 2014
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, Lexington, 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
Chamber Music
Piano/Voice/Clarinet, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, October 2016
Piano/Voice/Clarinet, Trinity Episcopal Church, Covington, KY, October 2016
Piano/Voice/Clarinet, Christ Episcopal Church, Dayton, OH, October 2016
Piano/Voice/Clarinet, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, October 2016
Piano Quartet, Wright State University, Fairborn, OH, November 2015
Piano/Voice, Ohio Northern University, Athens, OH, March 2015
Piano/Voice, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, April 2014
Septet, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, September 2013
Piano/Saxophone, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, April 2013
Piano/Voice, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, April 2013
Piano/Voice, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, March 2013
Piano/Voice, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, March 2013
Piano/Voice, Chillicothe, OH, March 2013
Piano/Voice, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, January 2012
Percussion Ensemble Concert, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, April 2011
Piano/Voice, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, March 2011
Piano/Voice, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, March 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, October 2010
Dayton Chamber Winds, St.Helen’s Parish, Dayton, OH, May 2010
Choral Accompanying
JW Chorale, St. Peter Paul Kirche, Offenburg, Germany, July 2017
JW Chorale, St. Fides Kirche, Bonndorf, Germany, July 2017
JW Chorale, Meinster Unserer Leiben Frau, Lindau, Germany, July 2017
JW Chorale, Liebfrauenkirche, Frankfurt, Germany, July 2017
JW Chorale, St. Gertrude Kirche, Hamburg, Germany, July 2017
JW Chorale, White House, Washington D.C., December 2015
JW Chorale, St. Peter Paul Kirche, Offenburg, Germany, June 2015
JW Chorale, Meinster Unserer Leiben Frau, Lindau, Germany, June 2015
JW Chorale, St. Marien Kirche, Bonndorf, Germany, June 2015
JW Chorale, St. Barbara Church, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, June 2015
Academic Paper Presentations
“Discovering Your Purpose: The Secret to Never Working A Day in Your Life,” Central State University “Exhale, Experience, Excel: Living Like You Mean It Conference, March 2012
“Spirituality in the Music of William Grant Still and Zenobia Powell Perry,” Lecture Recital, Central State University, March 2011
Adjudication
Royal Conservatory of Music Specialist, 2014 – present
Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival, March 2014
Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition, First Round, 2014, 2016
Bowling Green State University, Concerto Competition, First Round, December 2013
AP Music Theory Table Leader, 2012 – 2015, 2017
AP Music Theory Reader, 2009 – 2011
Cedarville University Concerto Competition, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015
Organizations
Bach Society of Dayton Board of Directors, 2012 – present
Ohio Federation of Music Clubs, 2010 – present
Culture Works Associate Board Member, 2009 – 2011
Mu Phi Epsilon, 2007 – present
Ohio Music Teachers Association, 2007 – present
Music Teachers National Association, 2007 – present