Vita

ORCHESTRA/OPERA

Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra (Conductor Laureate)
Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester, Mannheim, Germany (guest)
Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, Zlin, Czech Republic (guest)
Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México (guest)
Salisbury Symphony, NC (Music Director)
Altoona Symphony Orchestra, PA (guest)
Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, IA (guest)
La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, WI (guest)
Dorian Opera Theatre, IA (Music Director)
Teatrul Național de Operă și Balet Oleg Danovski, Romania (guest)
Old York Road Symphony, PA (Music Director)
Rochester Light Opera, MN (guest)
San Diego Youth Symphony, CA (guest)
Cincinnati Civic Orchestra, OH (Music Director)
Music at Penn’s Woods Festival Orchestra, PA (Music Director)
Brevard Music Festival, NC (guest)
Luther College and Penn State Orchestras
All State Orchestras in New Jersey, Wyoming, Wisconsin and North Dakota.

EDUCATION

Capital University Conservatory of Music — BMus
Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University — MMus Music Theory and Composition
College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati — PhD Orchestra and Opera Conducting

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria — Conducting Certificate (Otmar Suitner)
Musik Akademie der Stadt Basel, Switzerland — Conducting Certificate (Pierre Boulez)

AWARDS

Conducting Fellowship – Tamarack Festival – Spokane Symphony
Conducting Fellowship – College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati
Finalist – Conducting Competition ORF Salzburg, Austria
“Douglas Meyer Day” Honor bestowed by the Mayor of Cincinnati

COMPOSITIONS

A Thanksgiving Cantata – Chorus and Organ
Variations on a Theme by Mozart – Chamber Orchestra with Electronic Sounds
A Venetian Fantasy – Symphony Orchestra
The Bremen Town Musicians – Orchestra with Narrator
Trance Macabre for TechnoSymphony