Education:
2020-21 Studied commercial violin with Ryan Joseph
2020-21 Studied with Elisabeth Small
2019/21-present Studied with Courtney LeBauer
2019 Studied with Jennifer John
2019 Studied chamber music with Annie Fullard
2019 Studied chamber music with Carmine Miranda
2016-19 Studied with Eun Sun Lee
2014-16 Studied with Donis Schweizer
2013-14 Studied with Carolyn Tackett
2006-13 Studied with Diana Popowycz
Awards:
2020 Presented with the Robert Chesebro Award for the Most Outstanding Senior Musician
2020 Winner of the Carolina Youth Symphony Senior Concerto Competition
2019 Presented with the Catherine Crouch Award for Outstanding Musicianship
2019 Winner of the Kathleen Erwin Music Scholarship
2018 Winner of the Lesley Oakes Music Scholarship
2017 Winner of the Betty Van Buskirk Music Scholarship
2014 Winner of the Hendersonville Concerto Competition
2010/11 2nd place winner in the Laura Ingles Wilder Fiddle Contest Junior Division
2010/11 1st place winner in the Laura Ingles Wilder Fiddle Contest Trick Fiddle
Summer Festivals:
2019 McDuffie Labor Day Music Festival
2019 Belmont Strings Crossings Camp
2018 Interlochen Summer Strings Intensive Camp
2017 Concertmaster at the BJU Summer Music Festival
Masterclasses:
2019 Robert McDuffie
2019 Elisabeth Small
2018 Joan Kwuon
2017 Brandon Ironside
2016 Stefani Collins and Hero Matsuo
2016 Ara Greggorian
2013 Thomas Joiner
Collaborations:
2022 Participated in a Violins of Hope Concert at Converse University which honored violins that survived WWII.
2022 Collaborated with soprano Amanda Diamond and pianist Arthur Decotiis for “A Winter’s Evening Concert”.
2016 Collaborated with Young Steinway Artist pianist Michael Drusdow and performed at the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Cincinnati Willis Music Steinway Gallery, and the Cincinnati Ronald MacDonald House.
Solo Experience:
2018 Performed as a soloist in the Tryon Fine Arts Center “Over the Top” Program
2016/17 Performed as a soloist for the Music in Landrum’s “Young Artist” Series
2014 Performed as soloist with the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra
Ensembles:
2022 Converse Student Piano Trio Performance at Piedmont Music Club, Spartanburg, SC
2022 Apprentice Musician with the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra
2022 Member of Converse Symphony Orchestra
2022 Performed in the orchestra pit for Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel Opera with the Converse Opera.
2021 Member of the World Fiddle Ensemble at Belmont University
2020-21 Member of Belmont Symphony Orchestra
2020 Performed as violinist in “Bright Star” musical
2019 Performed in the “State of Mind” String Quartet at the Neva Langley Fickling Hall, Macon Georgia
2017 Participated in Orchestra Benefit Concert for Greenville Title I Schools
2016/19 Performed in Carnegie Hall, NYC with the Carolina Youth Symphony Orchestra (2019 concertmaster)
2014-20 Member of Carolina Youth Symphony Orchestra (Concertmaster 2018-20)
2014 North Carolina Allstate Honors Orchestra
2013-14 Concertmaster Hendersonville Symphony Youth Orchestra