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Resume:

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Education:

 

Mannes School of Music, Master of Music in Piano Performance                            Aug. 2021

magna cum laude

 

Florida State University, Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance                          Dec. 2018       

magna cum laude

 

 

Principal Teachers

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Vladimir Valjarevic, Mannes School of Music                                                             2019-Present  

Read Gainsford, Florida State University                                                                    2016-2018

Joel Hastings (deceased), Florida State University                                                    2014-2016

Kathleen Supové, Mannes Prep, Mannes School of Music                                       2012-2014

 

 

Teaching Experience

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Online and in-person piano instructor, Maplewood, NJ and New York, NY            2015-Present        Prepare and teach lessons for beginner, intermediate, and advanced

students (ages 5 to 70) across multiple platforms

 

Relevant coursework: Piano in the Classroom; Piano Pedagogy 1 & 2

 

 

Honors & Awards:

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State Representative, New Jersey MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition              2020

Honorable Mention, Florida MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition                         2018               

2nd Prize, Best Prokofiev Performance, Great Composers Competition                  2018

2nd Place, Gray Perry Collegiate Piano Competition                                                  2016

2nd Prize, ENKOR International Chamber Music Competition                                   2015/2016

Honorable Mention, American Protégé Int’l Piano and Strings Competition            2015   

2nd Place, Annual Piano Competition (Bach-themed) at Florida State University    2015

1st Place, Piano Accolades (Senior Division), Mannes Prep                                        2013

                                                                                                           

 

Performance Experience & Highlights:

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Mannes School of Music, French Art Song 1 Ensemble(s)                                         Fall 2019

 

 

Florida State University, Senior Recital:                                                        Spring 2018

 

Beethoven’s Sonata in E minor, Op. 90

Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 6, Op. 82;

Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in E major, WTC Book II, BWV 878;

Liszt’s Rhapsodie Espagnole, S. 254

 

 

 

Kinhaven Music School, Young Artist Seminar:                                         Spring 2017   

 

Beethoven’s Trio for Piano and Strings in E-flat major, Op. 70, No. 2                    

 

 

 

Florida State University, Junior Recital:                                                         Spring 2017

 

Schumann’s Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6, Book 1

Rzewski’s Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (1980)

Beethoven’s Sonata in C major, Op. 53, “Waldstein”          

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Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Winners’ Recital:                                Fall 2015        

 

Debussy’s Pour le piano, Prelude                                                                

 

 

 

Meadowmount School of Music Concert:                                                    Summer 2015

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Beethoven’s Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, “Ghost”

 

  

 

Princeton Festival Performance:                                                                  Spring  2015

 

Bach’s English Suite No. 6 in D minor, Prelude

 

 

 

Florida State University, Piano Forum:                                                            2014-2018

 

Florida State University, Duo Piano Ensemble(s)                                                        2014-2018

 

 

 

Masterclass Performances:                                                                                                          

 

Nina Lelchuk, Ray Chen, William Porter, Boris Berman, Jonathan Bass

 

 

Accompanying

 

Paid Accompanist, Florida State University                                                               2015-2018

Accompanied classical vocalists and instrumentalists in a wide range of

music literature from Mozart and Mendelssohn to Hindemith and Barber

 

 

Summer Festivals

 

International Keyboard Institute & Festival                                                                2017, 2018

Kinhaven Music School, Young Artist Seminar                                                         2016, 2017

Meadowmount School of Music (studied with Eric Larsen)                                      2015

Kinhaven Music School, Senior Session (coached by Adrienne Kim)                     2011-2014