I had the pleasure of playing composer Juri Seo’s TLC for solo drum set and electronic drum controller on a Lunar New Year Celebration at Penn State Monday February 5, 2024. I co-commissioned this piece as part of the “Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History Read More …
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Modern American Percussion Concerti Album
Dropping April 5, 2024 on Ravello Records SEVEN YEARS, HUNDREDS of collaborators, across TWO universities, THREE concerti (performances and recordings!), HUNDREDS of hours of practice, HUNDREDS of percussion instruments, THREE conductors, THREE amazing ensembles, countless blisters, bumps, and bruises . . . Find it HERE.
HigherEdJobs Article
I recently had the pleasure of contributing to a HigherEdJobs.com article by Leah Jackson entitled, “Look for These 8 Signs of a Positive Work Culture During your Interview” where I was able to share some of my experiences with applying for my job at the Read More …
Mallet + Voice Festival August 17-20, 2023
I’m super excited to announce that I’ve been working with an incredible team (Kristen Klehr, Rosie Cerquone, & Brian Calhoon) to organize a Mallet + Voice Festival at the San Francisco Conservatory August 17-20, 2023. The website is now *live* and we’ll be allowing folks Read More …
Performance featured for Penn State Sustainability Showcase
A video performance of Tony Costa and I playing Baljinder Sekhon‘s Two Trees was recently featured at the College of Arts & Architecture’s Sustainability Showcase. The performance was part of my faculty recital in February 2022. You can check out the performance here:
Featured for PAS’s Five Question Friday
I’m honored to be featured today for Five Question Friday on the PAS Rhythm! Scene Blog. These were some fun questions to answer! Read the blog here.
Headed to Penn State Fall 2021!
Read the announcement here. I couldn’t be more thrilled to announce that I’ll be headed to Penn State University next fall as the new Assistant Professor of Percussion! #WEARE
Masterclass with Mike Perdue
We hosted Mike Perdue for an excellent masterclass on improvisation this week with the University of Maryland Percussion Studio. Mike directs the Percussion Ensemble at Manhattan School of Music and is a colleague from many years back when we attended Brevard Music Center together as Read More …
UMD-College Park Named Top Entrepreneurship University
“For the sixth consecutive year, the University of Maryland (UMD) earned a top 10 ranking in The Princeton Review‘s annual survey of top schools for entrepreneurship. In the 2021 rankings released today and featured in the December issue of Entrepreneur magazine, UMD placed No. 6 for undergraduate entrepreneurship education Read More …