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 wearing a power ranger costume on stage with nerd-funk outfit Porky's Groove Machine or counting to 7 in chamber-folk trio Sprig of That.
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 summer of 2019, I was honored with one of six Cedar Commissions to compose 30 minutes of new music based on the crazy life story of my great-grandfather.
During the day, I work as producer/CEO/manager/hero Lazerbeak's (Lizzo, Doomtree, Dessa...it goes on and on) assistant in managing a variety of artists and running Doomtree Records...which means doing everything from writing copy for Patreon campaigns to awkwardly chit-chatting with Fedex Warehouse employees about what "Doomtree" means. In addition, I manage Porky's Groove Machine, and Twin Cities favorite Black Market Brass.
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.
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.
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 wearing a power ranger costume on stage with nerd-funk outfit Porky's Groove Machine or counting to 7 in chamber-folk trio Sprig of That.
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 summer of 2019, I was honored with one of six Cedar Commissions to compose 30 minutes of new music based on the crazy life story of my great-grandfather.
During the day, I work as producer/CEO/manager/hero Lazerbeak's (Lizzo, Doomtree, Dessa...it goes on and on) assistant in managing a variety of artists and running Doomtree Records...which means doing everything from writing copy for Patreon campaigns to awkwardly chit-chatting with Fedex Warehouse employees about what "Doomtree" means. In addition, I manage Porky's Groove Machine, and Twin Cities favorite Black Market Brass.
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.
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.