Education 

Binghamton University: Fall 2012 – Summer 2014

   M. A. in Composition and a Graduate Certificate in College Teaching

Frie Universität, Berlin: Summer 2012

 German, Composition and Conducting courses 

Queens College: Fall 2009 – Summer 2012

B.A. with a Concentration in Composition

Tompkins-Cortland Community College:

Spanish 101: 2005

   English Writing 101: 2006

 Italian I: 2012  

Cortland Junior-Senior High School: Graduated June 27, 2009

  SUNY Oswego, German 201: 2007

• NYSSMA [New York State School Music Association] Winner of the Composition Talent Search for The Shadow Rose, 2007.

• MENC [National Association Music Education] award at the Music National Conference- Young Composers for The Shadow Rose; Milwaukee, 2008.

• Cultural Council of Cortland County, 1st place; Music Composition Competition, 2008.

• NYSSMA [New York State School Music Association] Winner of the Composition Talent Search for Scherzando, 2008.

• MENC [National Association Music Education] Winner of the Composition Talent Search for Nocturne and Mazurka for piano, 2009. 

• Queens College, The Barkai/Pershing Scholarship, 2010

  

• Music Composition, particularly opera and piano music. 

• Choir Conducting and Instrumental Ensembles

• Piano and Organ: Soloist and Accompanist 

• Singing: Solo and Section Member 

• Violin and Viola Playing

• Libretto writing

 German: speaking, reading and writing – intermediate level.

 Spanish: basic understanding.

 Italian: intermediate reading and basic conversational. 

• Trumpet: level 3, 2003.

• Violin: level 3, 2002; level 4, 2003; level 5, 2004-2005

• Voice: level 5, 2003-2004, level 6, 2005-2008; All-State, 2007- 2008

• Piano: level 4, 2004. 

• Piano accompanist for vocal soloists: 2007-2009

• Musicals & Operas:

o Ol’ McDonald, 1997

o Pirates of Penzance, role of Frederick, 2001

o The Wiz, 2001

o The King and I, role Louis, 2004

o Christmas Carol, 2004

o Luisa Fernanda, Spanish Zarzuela presented at Lincoln Center, 2005

o Meet Me in Saint Louis, 2007

o Antología de la Zarzuela, Homer Center for the Arts 2008 

o Brigadoon [Queens College Theater], 2010

Cortland College Choral Union: 2003-2010

NYSSMA- All County: 2005.

 Queens College Choral Society [Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Bass solo]: 2011

Town of Tully: Messiah sing-along. Bass solo 2012-2019

Ensemble Performance 

• Cortland College Choral Union: Section leader and soloist; boy soprano & bass;

     2001-2012 

• Cortland Junior Senior High School Fall Musicals: 2003-2007

• Cortland College Community Orchestra (Violin 2/Viola – principal: 2004-2009

• Cortland High School Concert Choir: soloist: 2005-2007 

• Cortland High School Madrigal Singers: soloist and accompanist: 2005-2007

• NYSSMA Area-All State Choir: 2006-2009

• The Arts at Grace Chamber Choir: 2006-2008

• NYSSMA All-State Choir, Ithaca College: 2007-2008

• McGraw High School, One upon a Mattress, Viola: 2009

• Cortland High School String Orchestra: 2008-2009 

• Ithaca Summer Youth Orchestra: 2008

• Choral Society of Queens, Dir. James John: 2009-12

• Memorial Concert for the Holocaust at Queens College, Piano accompanist: 2010

• Queens College Choir, Dir. James John: 2010-12

• Queens College Vocal Ensemble, Dir. James John: Spring 2011

• Queens College Chamber Choir, Dir. Prince Nyatanga (Spring 2011)

• 9/11 Memorial Concert at The Riverside Church, Manhattan, NY, Mozart Requiem and Ave Verum Corpus, dir. Benjamin Arendson: September 11, 2011 

• Joel Mendelbaum 50th Anniversary Concert, performance of The Falling of the Leaves for piano duet and SATB soloists, performing the top part of the piano duet, with the composer Joel Mendelbaum, Mendelbaum performing the bottom part: Spring 2012 

• Binghamton University Chorus, Verdi’s Mesa da Requiem. Dir. Bruce Borton: Fall 2012

• Binghamton Madrigals Choir, Dir. Bruce Borton: Fall 2012

• Cortland College Singers: Spring 2014

• Brook Symphony in F major; performed by the Cortland College Community Orchestra, 2001

• Performances of earlier compositions at Classical Music Festivals at the Blue Frog Café, Cortland NY, 2005-2007

• Fantasia on 19th Century Themes for Piano and Orchestra: premiered at Mexico, NY by the Oswego County Youth Orchestra, June 2005.

• Fantasia for Piano in A flat major for piano; Grace Episcopal Church, Young Artists Showcase, April 2007.

• The Shadow Rose for voice & piano (Text by R.C. Rogers): premiered Blue Frog Café Cortland, May 2007.

• Compositional Recital, Homer Center for the Arts: Works of Emmanuel Sikora 

       (Incl. Piano Pieces, Works for Piano Four Hands and Solo songs). Sept. 2007.

• Kyrie in g minor and Great Amen: written and premier for St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 2007

• Scherzando for String Quartet: Performed at NYSSMA Conference, Rochester 2008. 

• Scherzando and Adagio for String Quartet performed by Lois Pfister, Ubaldo Valli, Emmanuel Sikora, James Weiss, April 2009.

• Nocturne for Piano performed at LeFrack Concert Hall at Queens College, Queens College New Music Group 1st Fall Concert, October 6, 2009 

• Transfiguration Music from The Knight of the Golden Cross performed by members of the Queens College Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Reona Ito at LeFrack Concert Hall at Queens College, April 27, 2010

• The Shadow Rose and What Inn is This [two songs for voice and piano] performed at LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, Queens College New Music Group Vocal Concert, April 27, 2011

• Albumleaf and Waltz for Piano performed at LeFrack Concert Hall at Queens College, Queens College New Music Group 1st Fall Concert, October 18, 2011 

• Queens College Open Forum: October 5, 2011, performing Harvest Moon on the piano; December 13, 2011, performing By the Brook on the piano

• Queens College Compositional Recital: March 5, 2012.

• Five Piano Pieces (Harvest Moon, By the Brook, Nocturne for Piano, Albumleaf for Piano, Prelude for Piano): Performed by the composer at Leo Kraft and Friends, a concert of works by members of the Long Island Composer’s Alliance, featuring/highlighting the works of the composer Leo Kraft; LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, April 18, 2012.  

• Night Sketches for Solo Violin: Written for New York-based violinist Adrianna

      Mateo; performed at the School for Strings in New York City: June 15,

      2012, Salone Conferenze in Cairo Montenotte, Italy (July 4, 2012), American School at Fontainebleau, France, July 28, 2012  

• March for Solo Flute: Performed at the New Synagogue, Berlin, as a part of the A Little Woodwind Music Concert, featuring students of Samuel Adler’s summer 2012 Composition Class, July 5, 2012. 

• Lullaby for Robin and Impressions of a Beautiful Night on Long Island for violin and piano: Written for freelance New York-based violinist Adrianna Mateo; premiered at the American School at Fontainebleau, France, July 28, 2012  

• Wind Chimes, Recollections of Early Autumn No. 1, By the Brook, Nocturne for Piano, and Harvest Moon: Performed by the composer at the Arts at Grace Young Artist’s Concert (as a “slightly older young artists” guest artist); Cortland, New York, February 17, 2013. 

• Summer for Thee Grant I May Be (text by Emily Dickinson) and Lullaby for Robin (vocalize version): Performed at the Cazenovia Counterpoint Concert, July 10, 2013.

• 12 Piano Miniatures (2007/8): Recorded by Uliana Kozhevnikova (Daniel May, engineer), Pittsburgh PA, January 7, 2014.

• Lector at St. Mary’s Church of Cortland. 2003-2009

• Cantor at St. Mary’s Church of Cortland. 2003- 

• Volunteer at Northwood’s of Cortland, nursing home. 1998-2004 

• Ithaca Festival, 2006.

• Secretary of the Catholic Newman Center at Queens College E-Board, 2011-2012

• Cortland Rotary Club, Volunteer. 2009- 

• Music Minister of the Catholic Newman Center at Queens College. 2009-

• Cortland Music Festivals. [assistant to the director & piano player] Summers, 2003- 

• Water Wheel Café, piano playing. July 2011- 

Awards 

• Presidential Award, Outstanding Academic Achievement, 2003. 

• Meta Green, English Award, 2004.

• Language Arts Award, Excellence in Creative Writing, Cortland Junior High School, 2005.

• Honorable Mention Winner, 2005 Cortland Youth of the Year.

• NYSSMA [New York State School Music Association] Winner of the Composition Talent Search for The Shadow Rose, 2007.

• MENC [National Association Music Education] award at the Music National Conference- Young Composers for The Shadow Rose; Milwaukee, 2008.

• Certificate of Achievement in German Studies, signed by German Ambassador Alexander Nowak, 2008.

• Cultural Council of Cortland County, 1st place; Music Composition Competition, 2008.

• NYSSMA [New York State School Music Association] Winner of the Composition Talent Search for Scherzando, 2008.

• MENC [National Association Music Education] Winner of the Composition Talent Search for Nocturne and Mazurka for piano, 2009. 

• Queens College , The Barkai/ Pershing Scholarship, 2010

• Queens College, The LeFrack Family Scholarship, 2011

• Tri-M: Music Honor Society, 2006-2008.

• Selected for the NYSSMA Conference All-State Performing Groups 2007-2008.

• Nomination for One –Act-Play writing The Master Poet of Cortland, Outstanding Achievement in High School Theatre, 2007.

• Invitation to present compositions at the All Eastern Music Conference, Rhode Island, 2009

• Long Island Composers Alliance Membership, Fall 2010-

• Induction into the Golden Key Honors Society, Spring 2010

• Queens College Music Library- Gallery Display of The Knight of the Golden Cross 2009 Manuscript Book; “Sketches: A Musician’s Hand”: Displayed from July 2011 – June 2012

• The Discimus ut Serviamus Award from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, May 2012

• Knights of Columbus, Queens College Chapter1st-2nd Degrees 2010, 3rd Degree 2011 4th Degree 2012

• Knights of Columbus, Cortland, NY Chapter: 4th Degree. Nov. 2012

• Composition 

o Daniel Thomas Davis: Professor of Composition @ Binghamton University: 2013/14 academic year

o Christopher Loy: Professor of Composition @ Binghamton University: 2012/13 academic year

o Samuel Adler: Professor @ the Julliard School: Summer 2012 [through FUBIS, Berlin]

o Joel Mendelbaum: Professor Emeritus of Composition @ Queens College: Spring 2011 semester

o Bruce Saylor: Professor of Composition @ Queens College: Fall 2010 semester

o Edward Smaldone: Professor of Composition @ Queens College: 2009/10 and 2011/12 academic years

o Tekla Babyak: Doctoral student in Musicology @ Cornell University: June 2007-July 2009

o Spencer Lambright: Doctoral student in Composition @ Cornell University; Summer 2005

o John Mario di Costanzo: Binghamton University and Tri-Cities Opera; 2012 

o Bruce Borton: Binghamton University, Choral conducting; 2012-2013  

o Emily Freeman Brown, Music Director and Conductor of the Bowling Green Philharmonia and Opera Theater at Bowling Green University, Ohio: FUBIS, Berlin; 2012

o Maurice Peress: Queens College; Spring 2010 

o Joel Mendelbaum: Queens College; 2009

o Stephen Wilson: Cortland College; 2004-05       

• Piano  

o Marina Gorelaya, 2003-2004

o Stephen Wilson, 2002

o Janet Radmore, 1997-2001

• Voice

o David Neal, 2014

o David Ronis, 2010-11

o Marion Giambattista, 2005

• Organ  

o Armand Discenna, 2010 

o Stephen Wilson, 2007

Teaching Experience 

• Theory II (MUS 106): SUNY Cortland; Spring 2014 

• Introduction to Music (MUS 111): SUNY Cortland; Spring 2014

• Theory III (MUS 305): Binghamton University; Fall 2013

• Private Studio: Piano, Organ, Sight-reading, Music Theory, NYSSMA Preparation; 2017 –

• Organist at the Saint Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church, Binghamton NY: January 2013 – 

• Organist at the Freeville United Methodist Church, Freeville NY: Fall 2012 – January 2013

• Cantor- substitute at Holy Family Church, Queens NY: Spring 2012

• Organist substitute at Our Lady of Mercy, Forest Hills NY: Spring 2012

• Organist substitute at Preble Congregational Church. 2005 – 2010

• Organist substitute at Unitarian Universalist Church, Cortland & Ithaca; Summer 2008

• Music Minister & Organist: Homer Avenue Methodist Church, Cortland. 2008-2009

-- Virtus Certified by the Diocese of Syracuse, NY, Roman Catholic Church --

Music Honor Society, Tri-M

Long Island Composers Alliance: LICA

Knights of Columbus, Assembly 1575, # 4478316

American Guild of Organists, AGO   

National Association for Musical Education

New York State School Music Association: NYSSMA

• Canada:

o Toronto: 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008

o Quebec: 2006, 2013

• Spain: Barcelona, 2002

• Austria: Salzburg and Vienna, 2002

• Switzerland: Zurich, 2002

• France: Paris, 2001-2002; Paris and Fontainebleau, Summer 2012

• Germany: Munich, 2001-2002, 2006; Tuttlingen, 2006; Berlin, 2012 

. Peru

. Ukraine

. England

• Piano Recital at the Teatro Municipal Arequipa (Peru): July 12, 2019

• Performance and recording session of original work, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, with the Ukrainian Festival Orchestra – Fall 2018

• Performance and recording session of original work, ‘Lyric’ Symphony, with the SU Symphony – Fall 2018

• Piano Recital at the Teatro Municipal Arequipa (Peru): February 6, 2018

• Recording session of original work, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, with the L’viv Philharmonic – September 11, 2017

• Dr. Stephen Wilson (607-758-3475)   

• Armand DiScena (315-278-7029)

• Prof. Ralph Dudgeon (607-753-4615)

• Dr. Joel Mendelbaum (718-997-3800)*

• Prof. James John (718-997-3800)*

• Lois Pfister (607- 753-6338)

• Marion Giambattista (607-898-4160)