Hi there!
I'm a guitarist, composer/songwriter, and educator currently living in Minneapolis, MN. Nice to meet you!
As a guitarist, I've toured the Midwest and East Coast, been on over a dozen recordings of original music, and have had the chance to work and/or share the stage with artists ranging from eighth blackbird to Here Come the Mummies! While my interests range from Bach to bluegrass and the spaces in between them, I can most often be found counting to 7 in chamber-folk trio Sprig of That, or wearing a power ranger costume on stage with nerd-funk outfit Porky's Groove Machine.
As a composer, I did the standard classical composition thing (contemporary orchestral/chamber instrumental music) in college, all the while writing a lot of songs for rock bands, funk bands, bluegrass bands, sad singer-songwriter dudes, etc. In the February of 2020, I premiered "Ya No Tengo Miedo, Por Primera Vez," a song cycle about my great-grandparents absolutely wild life story (along with some thoughts about why it might still matter today) for 2 singers, guitar, drums, bass, piano, violin, cello, trumpet, and trombone as a part of the 2019-2020 Cedar Cultural Center Cedar Commissions.
A lifelong lover of all things public radio and podcasts (I subscribed to my first podcast at age 11 in 2005!), I also work as a podcast producer, having produced, scored, and edited the first two seasons (and counting!) of Historias De Arte En Podcast and produced and edited eight threads: unraveled.
I've presented dozens and dozens of educational workshops to students across the Midwest, including as a part of Carnegie Hall's Audience Engagement Intensive, Minnesota Public Radio's Class Notes program, and the Mile of Music Music Education team. I've always given scores of students of all ages and levels private lessons on guitar, ukulele, piano, drums...you name it.
During the day, I work as assistant to producer/CEO/manager/hero Lazerbeak's (Lizzo, Doomtree, Dessa...it goes on and on) in managing a variety of artists and running Doomtree Records, which involves everything from running Patreon campaigns to measuring a room to see if it will fit 4,000 hardcover books and awkwardly chit-chatting with Fedex Warehouse employees. I also work for Twin Cities-based PR firm One Simple Plan where I do everything from research local dog influencers (you read that right) on Instagram to write copy for national hardware chain social media (but I digress).
In 2017, I received the Bachelors of Music degree with majors in classical guitar performance and composition from Lawrence University, where I studied guitar with Nathan Wysock and Steve Peplin, and composition with Joanne Metcalf, Asha Srinivasan, Andrew Coal, David Werfelmann, and Matt Turner. Since finishing my degree, I continue to study composition with Gabriel Kahane. In fall 2021, I'll be beginning my Masters of Music in composition at the University of Colorado Boulder.
I'm a guitarist, composer/songwriter, and educator currently living in Minneapolis, MN. Nice to meet you!
As a guitarist, I've toured the Midwest and East Coast, been on over a dozen recordings of original music, and have had the chance to work and/or share the stage with artists ranging from eighth blackbird to Here Come the Mummies! While my interests range from Bach to bluegrass and the spaces in between them, I can most often be found counting to 7 in chamber-folk trio Sprig of That, or wearing a power ranger costume on stage with nerd-funk outfit Porky's Groove Machine.
As a composer, I did the standard classical composition thing (contemporary orchestral/chamber instrumental music) in college, all the while writing a lot of songs for rock bands, funk bands, bluegrass bands, sad singer-songwriter dudes, etc. In the February of 2020, I premiered "Ya No Tengo Miedo, Por Primera Vez," a song cycle about my great-grandparents absolutely wild life story (along with some thoughts about why it might still matter today) for 2 singers, guitar, drums, bass, piano, violin, cello, trumpet, and trombone as a part of the 2019-2020 Cedar Cultural Center Cedar Commissions.
A lifelong lover of all things public radio and podcasts (I subscribed to my first podcast at age 11 in 2005!), I also work as a podcast producer, having produced, scored, and edited the first two seasons (and counting!) of Historias De Arte En Podcast and produced and edited eight threads: unraveled.
I've presented dozens and dozens of educational workshops to students across the Midwest, including as a part of Carnegie Hall's Audience Engagement Intensive, Minnesota Public Radio's Class Notes program, and the Mile of Music Music Education team. I've always given scores of students of all ages and levels private lessons on guitar, ukulele, piano, drums...you name it.
During the day, I work as assistant to producer/CEO/manager/hero Lazerbeak's (Lizzo, Doomtree, Dessa...it goes on and on) in managing a variety of artists and running Doomtree Records, which involves everything from running Patreon campaigns to measuring a room to see if it will fit 4,000 hardcover books and awkwardly chit-chatting with Fedex Warehouse employees. I also work for Twin Cities-based PR firm One Simple Plan where I do everything from research local dog influencers (you read that right) on Instagram to write copy for national hardware chain social media (but I digress).
In 2017, I received the Bachelors of Music degree with majors in classical guitar performance and composition from Lawrence University, where I studied guitar with Nathan Wysock and Steve Peplin, and composition with Joanne Metcalf, Asha Srinivasan, Andrew Coal, David Werfelmann, and Matt Turner. Since finishing my degree, I continue to study composition with Gabriel Kahane. In fall 2021, I'll be beginning my Masters of Music in composition at the University of Colorado Boulder.