From: Denver, CO

I started teaching music in… 2011

I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2018

My inspiration: Beáta Salomon, an amazing fiddler and teacher of Hungarian folk music.

Few people know that I… Love houseplants!

Education: University of Michigan, B.M. in violin performance and music education
Ithaca College, M.M. in music education

I play and teach: Mainly violin, although I use ukulele, recorder, euphonium, brácsa and bass to teach

My other artistic/musical endeavors: I’m a founder of Tsibele, a 5-person klezmer band as well as Farnakht, a violin/accordion duo focused on Eastern European music.