EDUCATION

Doctor of Musical Arts, Clarinet Performance, Arizona State University, Tempe Arizona, August 2007.

Master of Music, Clarinet Performance, Arizona State University, May 2002.

Bachelor of Music, Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario, Canada, June 1999.

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Private Clarinet Instructor, 1999-2007.
Clarinet, Saxophone, and Theory Instructor, Gard's Music, Glendora, CA, 2007.
Master Class, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, January 2006.
Clarinet Instructor, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, 1999.
Clarinet Instructor, Master Classes, Kingston High Schools, Kingston, Ontario, 1999.
Faculty Assistant, Interprovincial Music Camp, Perry Sound, Ontario, Canada, summers 1996-1999.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Project MATCH Summer Institute, a community college teacher training program, Los Angeles Community College District, Summer 2006.

Recording, Blackdog, Summit Records, 2005.

REASEARCH INTERESTS

Women in Music
Canadian clarinet repertoire annotated bibliography: developed a website with a searchable database of recital repertoire for clarinet by Canadian women composers.

Misogyny and gangsta rap: unpublished research on the history of women in gangsta rap.

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

Solo Guest Appearance, Mesa Community Band, Arizona, April 2007.
Recital, Long Beach, CA, February 2007.
Recital, Pasadena, CA, October, 2006.
Recital, Kingston, Ontario, January 2006.
Mesa Symphony Orchestra, bass clarinet, 2004.
Dayspring United Methodist Church Orchestra, Tempe, Arizona, 2001.
Kingston Symphony, Kingston, Ontario, second clarinet, 1999.

CLARINET PERFORMANCE STUDY

Robert Spring, Arizona State University.
Gordon Craig, Queen’s University.

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

Caltech Concert Band, 2006-2007.
Pomona Concert Band, 2006.
Arizona State University Wind Symphony, 2000-2005.
Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra, 2003-2004.
Arizona State University Symphonietta, 2001-2002.
Queen’s University Orchestra, 1996-1999.
Queen’s University Wind Ensemble, 1995-1999.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

Regents Scholarship, Arizona State University, 2000-2005.
Domaine Forget Music Academy tuition scholarship, 1998.
Banff Centre for the Fine Arts tuition scholarship, 1997.
Allen-Jack Woodwind Scholarship, 1996.
Lynn Anne Milsom Memorial Scholarship in Woodwind Performance, 1997, 1998.
Kingston Symphony Association Scholarship, 1996, 1997.

MASTER CLASSES

Eddy Vanoosthuyse, Flemish Radio Orchestra.
William O. Smith, University of Washington.
Alfred Prinz, Vienna Philharmonic.
Ricardo Morales, Philadelphia Orchestra.
Robert Risling, University of Western Ontario.
Joaquin Valdepenas, Toronto Symphony Orchestra.