From: Cleveland, OH

I started teaching music in…2009

I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2019

My inspiration: my cat

Few people know that I… Used to work for a primatologist in Costa Rica

Education: Eastman School of Music – BM

I play and teach: Clarinet/bass clarinet

My other artistic/musical endeavors: I am the founder of Home Audio series, monthly house shows featuring experimental music in Brooklyn since 2011. I perform with the Nouveau Classical Project, Curiosity Cabinet, GABI, Feral Children, Banda de los Muertos and more as a freelancer. For the last few summers I have been a guest artist in Alaska at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival.