Credentials

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• Concert Pianist, over 150 commissions and premieres

• Recording Artist, 2 commercial albums, and 2 released as an independent artist to critical acclaim

• Composer of concert music, short films, feature length films

• Affiliate of Chicago Jazz Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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• Former Faculty: New Music School, Interlochen Arts Center

• Former Visiting Artist: Boston Conservatory of Music

• Degree in Composition, Columbia College (magna cum laude)

• Degree in Piano Performance, McGill University (scholarship student)

• A student of Vladimir Leyetchkiss, one of the last pupils of Heinrich Neuhaus. 

• Degree studies with composer and pianist Sebastian Huydts and Dr. Sara Laimon; Additional studies with Mark Anthony Turnage, Anthony De Mare, Alan Weiss, Howard Levy, Kyoko Hashimoto, Dr. Winston Choi, Dr. Amy Briggs Dissanayake, Sandra Wright Shen, Paul Jacobs and David Holzman.

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last update: May 2023