Résumé

Berklee College of Music, Boston, Ma. 1999-2001. Bachelor of Music Performance.
Mercer University, Macon, Ga. 1996- 1998.
Georgia State University, Atlanta Ga. 1995- 1996.
Extensive private instruction since 1991: Miguel Castro, Dean Anderson, Victor Mendoza, Dave Samuels, Nancy Zeltsman, Richard Flannagan,...

Performances with various groups while in New York, Boston and Atlanta.
While in high school, winner of top drumming awards at festivals in Tennessee, Florida and Washington D.C.
Hired regularly to play with Mercer Big Band and M.U. Jazz Combo before and after enrollment at the university.
Eight years private study under Miguel Castro; work with Victor Mendoza, Dave Samuels and Woody Williams, all international performing and recording artists.

Strengths include Middle Eastern, Latin, Brazilian, African, as well as drum set.
Served as clinician in festivals throughout Georgia.
Co-presenter of "Drums and Rhythms of the Dominican Republic" with Miguel Castro at PASIC 2000 in Dallas, Tx.
In depth studies under Miguel Castro, Eguie Castrillo, and Mikael Ringquist.
Performances throughout Europe with Balkan-based, electro-acoustic experience, Live Ambiance.

Recipient of awards in Boston, Washington D.C., Tennessee, Florida, and Georgia.
Recorded CD, Les Chansons Des Enfants as the contemporary, third-stream duo, Halfway to Hoboken at Paris Conservatory, December 2003.
Director, Perry Middle School Honor Percussion Ensemble, Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) In-Service Conference, 2004.
Established freelance performer with numerous ensembles in Georgia, Massachusetts and New York.
Classical studies under Jack Bell, principle percussionist (ret.), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Dean Anderson, Boston Pops; and Richard Flanagan, Boston Symphony, and Boston Ballet.
Two European tours with MIT Symphony Orchestra. Member of Soria Chamber Players (Boston), and recipient of commissioned percussion concerto, Solipsism by Jonathan Saggau.

Wide-range of work as performer and composer in modern and ethnic dance styles, experimental theater and performance art.
Accompanist in modern dance classes at NYU's Tisch School.
Oasis 1 and 2 (NYC), Mobius (Boston), Flying and Floating Festival (MA), PAN9 (Boston).
Composer-performer, Julie Morrison's Lovel Lucy Loosely.
Live Ambiance multi-media productions with dancer, Marilda Castro.
Traditional musical theater productions as both regular and sub percussionist/drummer.
Founder and Artistic Director of Artsy Fartsy Productions. Presenting multi-disciplinary performance-based artistic events through the Vaultville series.

Recording experience in various styles and settings, including film.
Experienced in chart-reading, arranging, and playing with, or without click tracks.
Past highlights include: Live Ambiance, Halfway to Hoboken, PhineAli, Kelly Buchanan, Vlada Tomova, Joey Stuckey, Love and Pain, SAOCO Percussion Ensemble, Rob Fenimore, Mercer University, Miguel Castro, and solo works.

Studies under Dr. Bonnie Miksch and Michael Barnhardt of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Vuk Kulenovic and Marti Epstein, Berklee College of Music.
Original writing includes works for concert, as well as marching percussion ensembles, string quartet, synthesizer and solo percussion.
Special interest in the integration of multiple mediums, especially visual and performance art. Works have been performed by members of the Macon Symphony Orchestra (GA), ETHOS Percussion Ensemble (NY), Mobius Artists Group (MA), SAOCO Percussion Ensemble (GA), Mercer University Percussion Ensemble (GA), Rivers Music School (MA), Houston County- area schools (GA) and the prestigious LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts (NY).
Winner of Rivers Music School 2000 Composition Competition.
Runner up Stuart Saunders Smith 2000 competition.

Currently serving as Director of Percussion at Fayette Middle School (Fayetteville, GA), Perry Middle School (Perry, GA), and Co-Director at Houston County High School (Warner Robins, GA).
Director, Perry Middle School Honor Percussion Ensemble, Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) In-Service Conference, 2004.
Since 1995, Director and Co-Director of Percussion at high schools and middle schools in Middle Georgia.
Co-presenter of "Drums and Rhythms of the Dominican Republic" with Miguel Castro at PASIC 2000 in Dallas, Tx. Active clinician and adjudicator.
Private teaching studio with additional ensemble programs.
Regular attendance and participation at national music conferences throughout the country, as well as research abroad.

2004, Founder and Artistic Director of Artsy Fartsy Productions. Presenting multi-disciplinary performance-based artistic events through the Vaultville series.
05.10.03, PercFest 2003 Georgia's only concert percussion festival for high school and college percussion ensembles, with guest clinicians and an evening concert featuring some of the country's leading performers.
02.15.01, Jason Currin's Udu Xylorimba Tom-Tom Gong-A-Thon, solo recital of Twentieth and Twenty-first Century works, integrating both acoustic and electric instruments.
03.29.99, Presented, Three(3) Places (Percussion Recital, Kandinsky-style), a [mostly] solo event combining visual and musical art.
1997, Established Evening of Percussion at Mercer University, the first-ever such event in nearly 200 years of history at the university, which has since become an annual event.

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