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EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC | 2023–2025
Doctoral Teaching Assistant; Assistant Conductor
(Eastman Philharmonia; Eastman Symphony Orchestra)

• Covered and conducted selected orchestra concerts

• Taught undergraduate conducting classes

Note: My work from 2023 forward was disrupted by extensive retaliation at Eastman following my report of faculty harassment. Additional information at thefire.org/rochester.

GUEST CONDUCTING ENGAGEMENTS | 2023-2024

• Vietnam National Opera & Ballet (VNOB) — Carmen
  Hanoi special performance for Vietnamese President Tô Lâm

• Massachusetts All-State Orchestra, Symphony Hall — Guest Conductor

• Penfield Symphony Orchestra — Guest Conductor

• Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association — Guest Conductor

• Loudoun Symphony Orchestra — Guest Conductor

NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | 2018–2023
Associate Conductor

• Assisted and covered masterworks, pops, and education concerts

• Conducted the Johansen International Concerto Competition

• Conducted Montgomery County Public Schools Second Grade Concerts

• Served as Assistant Conductor and Interim Director, National Philharmonic Chorale

• Conducted the Summer String Institute for high school students

• Presented pre-concert talks

• Served as score reader and on-camera presenter for livestreamed concerts

• Created program-note and artist interview videos to support digital audience engagement

BALTIMORE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA | 2016–2022
Assistant Conductor

• Conducted subscription performances—2018 (Last-Minute Sub, Bernstein Serenade), 2021

• Conducted and programmed K–7 education concerts

• Served as artist-in-residence in area schools

• Presented pre-concert talks

ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP & PROGRAM CREATION

OUTSPOKEN: MUSIC FOR FREE SPEECH | Concert & Panel Discussion | 2025

• Conceived and led a concert and discussion examining free expression and institutional power in classical music

• Hosted by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) as part of ongoing advocacy in case against the Eastman School of Music

• Featured guest soloists Lara St. John and Katherine Needleman

DO NOT LOOK AWAY | Inauguration Day Performance | 2025

• Performed Cut Piece by Yoko Ono and led Tuning Meditation by Pauline Oliveros, with post-concert talk-back session

• Presented as part of Christ Church Rochester’s contemplative offerings marking Inauguration Day

• Donations collected for NOIRE House, providing safe housing for LGBTQIAA+ individuals

NOT YOUR MOTHER’S | Artisanworks | 2024

• Programmed and conducted a Mother’s Day chamber orchestra program at Artisanworks, Rochester, NY

• Program included works by Leleu, del Tredici, and Peter and the Wolf, featuring a punk/drag narrator Angel Rodriguez reimagining the work’s narrative voice

• Presented a companion educational Peter and the Wolf concert (traditional narration) at The Harley School

• Secured funding from Genesee Valley Arts Council and Eastman Institute for Music Leadership

SOUNDWEBS | Concert Series | 2019

• Curated a multi-genre, interactive concert series in public spaces

• Conducted concert:nova and Cincinnati Camerata in contemporary and standard repertoire

• Commissioned four new works for large ensemble

• Secured funding from People’s Liberty (philanthropic lab of the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. / U.S. Bank Foundation)

THE LISTENING LAB | Education Concerts & Residencies | 2015

• Created orchestral education programming centered on intentional listening skills

• Conducted the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra for in-school residency concerts

• Served as teaching artist in participating schools

• Secured funding from the Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab, and John J. Leidy Foundation, Eddie C. & C Sylvia Brown Foundation

ENSEMBLE 4-33 | Contemporary Ensemble | 2016–2020

• Conducted and performed experimental repertoire, including sold-out concert of Yoko Ono’s performance works

• Established fiscal sponsorship and secured funding from William G. Baker, Jr., Memorial Trust, Anna Sosenko Assist Trust, Earle Brown Music Foundation

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