Piano Performance   GPA: 4.0 

SIGNIFICANT COURSEWORK

• MUS 599 (Independent study) - Mental Practice and Motor Learning in Pianists

• MUS 467A/C - Piano Pedagogy for Beginning Students and Group Piano

• MUS 521 - Graduate Seminar in Music Theory 

• MUS 533 - Graduate History Seminar in Baroque Music, "Musical Life in Five Cities: Venice, Mexico City, Paris, London and Leipzig"

• MUS 408N - New Music Chamber Ensemble

GRADUATE RESEARCH

• Motor Learning and Mental Rehearsal in Pianists

• Autobiographical Elements in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto, Op. 40 

• The Cosmopolitan 17th Century Dance Suite and J.S. Bach’s BWV 806-817:  “French” vs. “English” as Apocryphal Historiographic Lenses

• François Couperin’s Piéces de clavecin: Livre I, Cinquième Ordre: A Performance Practice Analysis 

 Music Performance   GPA: 4.0 

SIGNIFICANT COURSEWORK

• MUSI 631G - Graduate Seminar in Analytical Techniques for 19th and 20th Century Music

• MUSI 640G - Graduate History Seminary in Music of the Renaissance and Classical Eras

• MUSI 641G - Graduate History Seminar in Music of the Romantic and Contemporary Eras

• MUSI 655G - Literature and Pedagogy of the Piano 

• MUSI 600G - Directed Readings in Pedagogy and Performance Practice

GRADUATE RESEARCH

• The Paradox of Late Beethoven: A Discussion of Late Style in the Fourth Movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata, Op. 101

• Motive and Structure in Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53

• Development and Adaptation of Suzuki’s Method of Talent Education

• Mozart's Realization of an Expressive Keyboard Style

• Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in  Narrative Context

 Architectural Studies   GPA: 3.4 

SIGNIFICANT COURSEWORK

• MUS 103 - Rudiments of Music Theory

• MUS 133 - Introduction to World Music

• ARTH 112 - Renaissance to Modern Art

• ARCH 414 - Baroque and Rococo Architecture

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

• Geometry of the Rococo: Balthasar Neumann’s Wallfahrtskirche Vierzehnheiligen, 1772

• El Greco’s Assumption of the Virgin: Critiquing Art, Judging Man

• Taught weekly and bi-weekly private lessons for beginner through intermediate students ages 5–12

• Selected repertoire and prepared students for exams, auditions and bi-annual recitals

• Reviewed 2024 ABRSM Syllabus updates and designed lesson plans to align with technique, sight reading and performance requirements

• Worked with special needs students, developing arrangements and activities for an inclusive range of abilities

• Taught weekly piano lessons for beginner / intermediate  students in pop, classical and jazz styles (ages 6-adult)

• Developed lesson plans to coach students in preparation for quarterly studio recitals, auditions and other performances

• Assisted with song arrangements, transcriptions, and lead sheets for student repertoire & instructional materials

• Completed professional development and State of California training for after-school student programs

• Taught weekly in-home and online lessons for students ages 5–12 in classical and popular styles

• Designed lesson plans to prepare students for biannual recitals, and other performances

• Developed electronic Lesson Journal system to communicate assignments with online students

• Created custom teaching materials including games, arrangements and accompaniment tracks

• Taught weekly private in-person and virtual keyboard lessons for 15-20 students ages 6–adult in rock, pop, classical and jazz styles

• Lead weekly “little wing” small group classes for students ages 3-6

• Co-directed large youth band groups of 10-15 students, leading rehearsals and arranging parts as needed

• Created original exercises, pieces and interactive accompaniments for the School of Rock Method app

• Provided instructional support for group piano classes MUSI 253 & 254

• Reviewed weekly lesson plans and prepared supplemental assignments

• Administered technique and theory proficiency exams (scales, chords, harmonization and transposition) and submitted grades

• Serviced regional Medicare and Medicaid plans, including State of California, State of New Jersey, United Auto Workers, and United Airlines 

• Interpreted plan benefits, documents and forms for providers:

  • Statement of Benefits and medical coding (CPT/HCPS)

  • Clinical Policy Bulletins

  • Schedule of Cost Sharing

• Assisted members with appointment of HIPAA-authorized representative documentation procedures

• Prepared reference materials for training team on home health care (HHC) services

• Knowledge of state systems and benefits eligibility databases including: MARx, AEVS,CMS.gov 

• Coordinated schedules, notes and other materials for rehearsals and performances, copying and arranging parts as needed

• Proofread and edited concert programs, forms, flyers and press releases

• Performed keyboard/piano parts in the large and small chamber ensembles

• Served as a liaison during festivals, assisting with  marketing, social media, and guest accommodations

• Managed the church’s weekly worship music schedule, selecting and arranging music as needed

• Directed Sunday service music

• Coordinated the chancel choir and chamber musicians, leading weekly rehearsal sessions

• Processed sheet music orders and managed the church music library

• Organized research project and special performance commemorating church’s 125th anniversary: "Hail, O Hail Ye"

• Served as rehearsal accompanist for a number of recurring / intermittent productions:

  • The Little Mermaid

  • Annual Cabaret Showcase

  • Jekyll & Hyde

  • It Shoulda Been You

  • A Christmas Carol

• Assisted with leading vocal/sectional and choreography rehearsals

• Performed in the company pit orchestra (Keyboard I/II)

• Merchandised product in displays, unpacking and assembling furniture, accessories and fixturing

• Updated store graphics, signage and pricing using DataSign and Dymo software

• Administered cash reconciliation, completing morning reserve count and loading cash registers

• Assisted with coordinating daily replenishment & recovery, sales floor inventory and stock checks

• Edited correspondence, documentation and institutional reports for the Dean for Institutional Effectiveness

• Coordinated program review schedule and annual goal reporting documentation

• Developed and co-taught staff development workshop on writing SMART goals

• Served as a liaison on the college’s Faculty-to-Faculty and Diversity Leadership committees

• Administered the Dean's meeting schedule

Created marketing collateral, 3D models and other print- and web-ready materials using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop & InDesign, including:

• • Presentations, infographics and other custom graphic materials for Eckenhoff Saunders Architects

  • Benefits Guides layouts, presentation templates and inforgaphics for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

  • Plans & 3D models for the Pick Museum of Anthropology’s “Haiti: Four Years After” exhibit 

  • Two 9’X12’ billboards for the College of DuPage’s NEOCON 2011 & 2013 recruiting exhibits

KEYBOARDS IN SET:

Head Over Heels
Go-Gos

We Belong
Pat Benatar

A Thousand Miles
Vanessa Carlton

SOLO PIANO SET

A selection of seasonal music, featuring piano covers of Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and George Gershwin.

KEYBOARDS IN SET:

Head Over Heels
The Cure

Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper

COLLABORATIVE PIANO / ENSEMBLE

Ein Steidchen
Arnold Schoenberg

"When Giving is All We Have"
Tyler Kielb, Ivan Parga, Jessica Albeniz

Coming Together
Frederic Rzewski

HOLIDAY PIANO SET

"Be Thou My Vision"
Bob Chilcott

"Glow"
Eric Whitacre

"When Winds Are Raging"
Arthur Foote

"A Winter’s Tale"
Tim Rice & Mike Batt

Three Gymnopédies
Erik Satie

"The Gift"
Tom Douglas & Jim Brickman

"Skating" (From A Charlie Brown Christmas)
Vince Guaraldi

"Home (When Shadows Fall)"
Geoff & Harry Clarkson, Peter Van Steeden 

"In the Bleak Midwinter"
Gustav Holst

Ballade
Claude Debussy

REHEARSAL PIANO/PIANO

(Devised theater piece with improvised underscore.)

PROGRAM

Piano Sonata in A Major, D.664
Franz Schubert

I. Allegro moderato

II. Andante

III. Allegro

12 Preludes
Galina Ustvolskaya

Sound-Gone
Hakim-Rasul Talib

Fantasia
John Bull

Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 21a
Samuil Feinberg

I. Un poco animato

II. Andante

III. Allegro

PROGRAM

12 Preludes (selections)
Galina Ustvolskaya

Piano Sonata in A Major, D.664
Franz Schubert

I. Allegro moderato

II. Andante

III. Allegro

COLLABORATIVE PIANO / ENSEMBLE

Earth Ears
Pauline Oliveros

"Earth Horizon/There Will Be Stars"
Pamela Madsen

11 Echoes of Autumn
George Crumb

Cendres
Kaija Saariaho

The Night-Mare
Christopher Cerrone

PROGRAM

The Willows are New
Chou Wen-Chung

Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 3
Elfrida Andrée

I. Allegro ma non troppo

II. Andantino

III. Allegretto

Sonata, K. 513 ("Pastorale")
Sonata, K. 123
Domenico Scarlatti

Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Themes, Op. 20
Béla Bartók

PROGRAM

French Suite No. 3 in B minor
Johann Sebastian Bach

Piano Sonata No. 27, Op. 101
Ludwig Van Beethoven

I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung

II. Lebhaft Marschmaßig

III. Langsam und sehnsuchtvoll

IV. Geschwinde dosch nich zu sehr und mit Entschloßenheit

Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
Alexander Scriabin

Pit Orchestra – Keyboard II

Jan Kunz, dir. / John Feken, cond.

Rehearsal Piano / Stage Pianist

Nika Monson, dir.

Rehearsal Piano / Pit Orchestra – Keyboard I

Courtney Jo Newby, dir.; Judy O'Connor, cond.

Rehearsal Piano / Pit Orchestra – Keyboard I

Jan Kunz, dir.; Judy O'Connor, cond.

Rehearsal Piano / Pit Orchestra – Keyboard I

Dan Hyde, dir.; Judy O'Connor, cond.

PROGRAM

Sonata for Violin and Piano
Aaron Copland

Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 28
Karl Goldmark

I. Allegro ma non troppo

PROGRAM

Piano Sonata No. 27, Op. 101
Ludwig Van Beethoven

I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung

II. Lebhaft Marschmaßig

III. Langsam und sehnsuchtvoll

IV. Geschwinde dosch nich zu sehr und mit Entschloßenheit

French Suite No. 3 in B minor
Johann Sebastian Bach

Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 63
Frédéric Chopin

PROGRAM

Septet for cembalo, flute, 2 clarinets, violin, viola and cello
Alfred Schnittke

Rehearsal Piano

Filippo Ciabatti, dir.; Dr. Jacqueline Collett, cond.

ENTRY

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40
Sergei Rachmaninoff

II. Largo

III. Allegro Vivace

PROGRAM

Étude No. 4 Op. 10, in C-sharp minor
Frédéric Chopin

Esquisses, Op. 73 (selections)
Charles-Valentin Alkan

I. "La vision"

XXXV. "Musique Militaire"

XXXVI. "Toccatina"

XI. "Les Soupirs"

XLI. "Les Enharmoniques"

XLV. "Les Diablotins"

Danzas Argentinas, Op. 3
Alberto Ginastera

I. Danza del viejo boyero

II. Danza de la moza donosa

III. Danza del gaucho matrero

Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47
Frédéric Chopin

PROGRAM

Ballade No. 1 in G minoir, Op. 23
Frédéric Chopin

ENTRY

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12
Franz Liszt

ENTRY

Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57
Ludwig Van Beethoven

I. Allegro assai