| Church Experience |
| Saint Clement Catholic Church – Lakewood, OH |
| Director of Music (organist, conductor, accompanist) |
August 2003-present |
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church – Solon, OH |
| Director of Music (organist, conductor, accompanist) |
July 2002-August 2003 |
Divine Word Catholic Church – Kirtland, OH |
| Organist, pianist |
June 2001-August 2003 |
Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church – Cleveland, OH |
| Assistant in Music (organist, accompanist, conductor, choir member) |
August 2001-March 2002 |
Holy Rosary Catholic Church – Cleveland (Little Italy), OH |
| Organist, choir member |
October 2000-November 2001 |
Church of the Covenant – Cleveland, OH |
| Intern in Music (organist, accompanist, choir member) |
September 2000-August 2001 |
Saint Agnes Catholic Church – Fort Wright, KY |
| Organist, choral accompanist |
April 1999-August 2000 |
Saint Philip Catholic Church – Melbourne, KY |
| Organist/cantor |
August 1998-August 2000 |
Alexandria United Methodist Church – Alexandria, KY |
| Organist |
December 1997-April 1999 |
Saint Cecilia Catholic Church – Independence, KY |
| Organist, choral accompanist, pianist, choir member |
December 1991-April 1999 |
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| Choral Experience |
| Kent State University Chorale |
| Tenor II, Graduate Conducting Assistant |
August 2004-present |
Kent Chorus |
| Tenor II, Graduate Conducting Assistant |
August 2004-present |
Cleveland Orchestra/Blossom Festival Choruses |
| Tenor II |
May 2001-present |
| Early Music Singers, Case Western Reserve University |
| Tenor |
September 2003-May 2004 |
University Circle Chorale, The Cleveland Institute of Music |
| Tenor, accompanist |
September 2000-March 2002 |
Laudisti (6-person Renaissance mixed vocal ensemble) |
| Ancillary Tenor/accompanist |
February 2001 |
Thomas More College Community Chorus |
| Director/conductor |
Spring 2000 |
Bishop’s Choir, St. Mary’s Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption
(Covington, KY) |
| Ancillary Tenor |
1997-1998 |
Chelsean Singers, Thomas More College |
| Tenor |
Fall 1998 |
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| Education |
| Master of Music in Choral Conducting |
The Hugh A. Glauser School of Music,
Kent State University (Kent, OH) |
Degree in progress
(expected graduation, May 2006) |
Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance |
| The Cleveland Institute of Music |
May 2003 |
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Information Systems |
| Thomas More College (Crestview Hills, KY) |
May 2000 |
Associate of Arts in Business Administration |
| Thomas More College |
May 2000 |
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| Relevant Coursework |
(at The Cleveland Institute of Music unless otherwise noted)
- Organ Performance Major, student of Todd Wilson
- Piano study with Olga Radosavljevich
- Harpsichord study with Janina Caesar
- Diction for Singers: English, Italian, German, French
- Choral Conducting I & II
- Improvisation (organ)
- Sacred Choral Repertoire I (anthem-length works) and II (large-scale works)
- 18th-Century Counterpoint
- 16th-Century Counterpoint
- Sightsinging/Eartraining V (atonal)
- Eurhythmics V
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- Introduction to Early Music Performance Practices
- Seminar in Renaissance & Baroque Improvisation
- History of Medieval Music
- History of Baroque Music
- Form & Analysis
- Undergraduate Theory sequence
- Undergraduate Music History sequence
- Undergraduate Eurhythmics sequence
- Theory and Musicianship courses at University of Cincinnati-CCM (January-June 1999)
- Latin (4-years, Covington Latin School)
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| Recital Performances |
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| Masterclass by Ellen Hargis and Paul O’Dette |
23 April 2004 |
| continuo/accompanist for works by Arne, Purcell and Strozzi |
Harkness Chapel
(Case Western Reserve University) |
“Food for Love” |
2 April 2004 |
| continuo/accompanist for works by Cozzolani, Luzzaschi, Monteverdi, Rossi and Strozzi |
Harkness Chapel
(Case Western Reserve University) |
Organ Dedication Recital |
14 September 2003 |
| works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Stanford, Sweelinck, Thalben-Ball and Whitlock |
Saint Agnes Catholic Church |
Senior Recital (The Cleveland Institute of Music) |
29 March 2003 |
| works by Bach, Berlioz, Dupré, Duruflé, Stanley, Sweelinck and Thalben-Ball |
Church of the Covenant |
Junior Recital (The Cleveland Institute of Music) |
4 May 2002 |
| works by Balbastre, Bach, Daquin, Duruflé, Mendelssohn and Sowerby |
Church of the Covenant |
Spring Recital Series |
3 March 2002 |
| works by Bach, Duruflé, Mendelssohn and Sowerby |
Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church |
Christmas-season recital |
11 December 2001 |
| works by Bach, Balbastre, Dupré, Roberts, Sowerby and Walcha |
Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church |
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| Professional Activities |
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Orchestral
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Cantata 80: Ein’ Feste Burg ist unser Gott and
Cantata 82: Ich habe genug |
continuo |
| Johann Sebastian Bach |
March 2001, Church of the Covenant |
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| Gloria |
continuo |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
December 2000, Fairmount Presbyterian Church |
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| Saint Nicholas |
2nd piano, rehearsal accompanist |
| Benjamin Britten |
December 2000, University Circle Chorale
(The Cleveland Institute of Music) |
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| The Planets |
organ |
| Gustav Holst |
November 2000, The Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra |
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| Feste Romane |
2nd piano, organ |
| Ottorino Respighi |
September 1999, Northern Kentucky Symphony |
Musical Theatre
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| “Jesus Christ Superstar” |
pianist |
| June 2001, St. Joseph High School |
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| “Oliver!” |
accompanist, vocal coach |
| May 2000, St. Joseph Middle School |
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Selections from Benjamin Britten’s
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” |
accompanist |
| 1999, Covington Latin School |
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| “Annie Jr.” |
accompanist, vocal coach |
| May 1999, St. Joseph Middle School |
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| “Charlotte’s Web” |
accompanist |
| 1999, Holy Cross High School |
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| “Wizard of Oz” |
accompanist, vocal coach |
| May 1998, St. Joseph Middle School |
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| “Damn Yankees” |
pianist |
| 1997, Newport Central Catholic High School |
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| “Fiddler on the Roof” |
rehearsal accompanist, pianist |
| April 1996, Covington Latin School |
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| Choral Performances (major works) |
| A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 |
| Benjamin Britten |
December 2001, Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church |
The Canticle of the Sun, Op. 123 |
| Mrs. H. H. A. (Amy) Beach |
May 2001, Church of the Covenant |
Carmina Burana |
| Carl Orff |
October 2001, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
July 2003, Blossom Festival Chorus
May 2005, Kent Chorus |
Carols and Lullabies (Christmas in the Southwest) |
| Conrad Susa |
December 2001, University Circle Chorale |
Chichester Psalms |
| Leonard Bernstein |
July 2002, Blossom Festival Chorus |
“Choral” Fantasy, Op. 80 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
March 2001, University Circle Chorale
August 2002, Blossom Festival Chorus |
Choruses from ‘The Lark’ |
| Leonard Bernstein |
December 2001, University Circle Chorale |
Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet) |
| Maurice Ravel |
April 2003, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Don Carlo (4–act version) |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
June 2003, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Dona nobis pacem |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams |
January 2003, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 |
| Johannes Brahms |
June 2001, Blossom Festival Chorus
March 2002, Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church |
Elias (“Elijah”), Op. 70 |
| Felix Mendelssohn |
September 2004, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Gloria |
| Francis Poulenc |
March 2002, University Circle Chorale |
Grande messe des morts (“Requiem”), Op. 5 |
| Hector Berlioz |
July 2001, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Israel in Egypt |
| George Frederic Handel |
November 2003, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (“St. Paul’s”) |
| Herbert Howells |
April 2004, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis |
| James MacMillan |
October 2001, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Mass in C minor (“Great”), K. 427/417a |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
August 2001, Blossom Festival Chorus |
The Miraculous Mandarin |
| Béla Bartók |
January 2004, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Miserere mei, Deus |
| Gregorio Allegri |
February & April 2001, Laudisti |
Missa solemnis in D Major, Op. 123 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
May 2005, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
The Passion According to St. John |
| Tomás Luis de Victoria |
April 2001, Holy Rosary Catholic Church
March 2002, Holy Rosary Catholic Church
April 2003, Holy Rosary Catholic Church |
Requiem, Op. 9 |
| Maurice Duruflé |
April 2002, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Requiem, Op. 48 |
| Gabriel Fauré |
July 2003, Blossom Festival Chorus |
Requiem |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
June 2004, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (choral finale) |
| Hector Berlioz |
July 2003, Blossom Festival Chorus |
Die Schöpfung (The Creation), Hob. XXI:2 |
| Franz Josef Haydn |
September 2002, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Symphony of Psalms |
| Igor Stravinsky |
April 2003, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”) |
| Gustav Mahler |
March 2002, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
April 2004, Kent State University Chorale, et al. |
Symphony No. 9 in d minor (“Choral”), Op. 125 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
January 2002, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Te Deum, Op. 22 |
| Hector Berlioz |
February 2002, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
Vesperae solennes de Dominica, K. 321 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
May 2001, Fairmount Presbyterian Church |
War Requiem, Op. 66 |
| Benjamin Britten |
September 2003, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus |
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