Education:
2006-2009 DMA, Five Towns College
2004-2006 MA, Piano Performance at CUNY Hunter College
2000-2002 BA, Piano Performance at SUNY Stony Brook
1996-1998 AAS, Music at Nassau Community College
Collegiate Honors and Awards:
Full Doctoral Assistantship at Five Towns College
Agnes M. Duffy Prize in Music at CUNY Hunter College Graduation
Deans List
Suffolk County Piano Teachers Scholarship
Honorable Mention at URECA Festival at SUNY Stony Brook
Principal Teachers:
Carol Montparker
Dr. Richard Vallis
Peter Basquin
Christine Doré
Dr. Jeffery Meyer
Master Classes:
2001-2002 Weekly Master Classes with Christina Dahl
Concerts and Recitals:
2016 Solo Recital featuring works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Faust Harrison Piano Gallery, Melville, NY
2015 Impetus Dance Collaborative, Northport Opera Night, Bellport United Methodist Church
2014 Solo Concert of French Piano Music, Faust Harrison Piano Gallery, Melville, NY
2012-2013 Concerts with the Peridot Trio, Faust Harrison Piano Gallery, Melville, NY, North Shore Library, Islip Library
2012 Debussy Benefit Concert, Steinway Piano Gallery, Melville, NY
2011 Rachmaninoff Benefit Concert, Steinway Piano Gallery, Melville, NY
2010 Concert with Flutissimo! Flute Quartet, Steinway Piano Gallery, Melville, NY
2009 Duo Recital at Northport-East Northport Public Library, Laurel Avenue, Northport, NY
2009 Duo and Solo Recital at North Shore Library, Shoreham, NY
2009 Duo Recital at Southold Free Library, Southold, NY
2009 Recital with cellist Dustin Bartley at Glen Cove Library, Glen Cove, NY
2008 DMA Duo Recital at Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts
2008 DMA Recital at the Studio of Dr. Richard Vallis
2007 DMA Recital at Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts
2006 Dungeon Bar at Ashford Castle, Cong, Ireland
2006 Solo piano recital at Bayport Blue-Point Public Library
2005 Master’s piano recital at CUNY Hunter College
2005 Solo piano recital at AAUW in Manhasset, NY
2004 Chamber music recital at CUNY Hunter College
2003 Solo piano recital in East Northport, NY
2002 Senior Recital
2002 Chamber music recital at SUNY Stony Brook
2002 Performed at graduation exercises, SUNY Stony Brook
2001 Junior Recital
2001 URECA Festival at SUNY Stony Brook
2001 Participated in student and chamber recitals
2000 Participated in student and chamber recitals
Repertoire:
Bach, J.S., Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Bach, J.S., Partita #1 in Bb Major BWV 825
Bartok, Out of Doors Suite
Beethoven, Sonata in c minor Op. 10, No. 1
Beethoven, Sonata in F Major Op. 10, No. 2
Beethoven, Sonata in c minor Op. 13 (“Pathétique”)
Beethoven, Sonata in E Major Op. 14, No. 1
Beethoven, Sonata in Eb Major Op. 27, No. 1
Beethoven, Sonata in c# minor Op. 27, No. 2
Beethoven, Sonata in d minor Op. 31, No. 2 (“Tempest”)
Beethoven, Sonata in E Major Op. 109
Brahms, Two Rhapsodies Op. 79
Brahms, Three Intermezzi Op. 117
Brahms, Six Piano Pieces Op. 118
Chopin, Impromptu No. 1 in Ab Major Op. 29
Chopin, Etude in Ab Major Op. 25, No. 2
Chopin, Fantaisie in f minor Op. 49
Debussy, Children’s Corner Suite
Debussy, Suite Bergamasque
Debussy, Estampes
Debussy, L’isle Joyeuse
Janáček, On an Overgrown Path, Series 1
Janáček, In the Mists
Janáček, Sonata 1.X.1905
Schumann, R., Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6
Schumann, R., Kreisleriana Op. 16
Schumann, R., Three Romances Op. 28
Schumann, R., Piano Concerto in a minor Op. 54
Employment:
2006 – 2009, Doctoral Assistant at Five Towns College, Dix Hills, NY
1999 – Present, Private Piano Teacher, Accompanist