Welcome!

I am a general music teacher in Colorado’s Boulder Valley School District. With a decade of professional music and teaching experience in Chicago, degrees in Music Composition and Sound Arts & Industries from Northwestern University, and a Master of Music Education from the University of Illinois, I have accumulated a breadth of arts and life experiences which I incorporate into diverse and innovative teaching strategies and experiences for my students. At the Chicago Park District I taught voice, piano, guitar, and preschool music and wrote and music directed children’s musicals. Prior to that I interned at 98.7 WFMT, coached middle school track & field, and worked for composer Paul Caldwell at the Youth Choral Theater of Chicago.

Below is a brief portfolio of my musical endeavors. I hope you enjoy!

Piano Album

As a kid I loved sitting at pianos and making up music. During quarantine I rediscovered that love. This album includes my favorite moments from over 100 piano improvisations. You can hear my creative process as I explore and develop musical ideas. Each recording was minimally edited. Every happy accidental and beautiful imperfection was preserved. In school I felt pressure to make music as perfectly as possible. Now that I am a music teacher, I want my kids to make music in a way that makes them happy. Working on this album brought me joy during a dark year. I hope it brings you some too.

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Radio & Podcasts