From Bowling Green, OH to Peru, South America to Boston, MA I have always found the joy and fun in making music. I'm a highly trained violinist who graduated from the Boston Conservatory in December, and since then I've been actively working as a gigging musician in Boston's live music scene.

Music is my way of sharing joy and fun with the people in my community, and I feel that it's the best lifestyle I could possibly have. My students help make that community even better and stronger. Music not only gives them a healthy group to belong to but a creative space to be themselves.

I've set up a student orchestra in Tacna, Peru, played in jazz bands and combos, made music for tango dancers, and performed in countless orchestras and small ensembles. I have taught to all age groups and, after graduating with my master's degree in music performance and education, I feel that I'm ready for any teaching situation!

I graduated with Honors from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Music with a BFA in Classical Guitar Performance in 2009. I have also studied at the International Academy of Music in Milan, Italy, and have studied and performed at the Bowdoin International Music Festival. That being said, I love listening to and playing a wide range of music, from Renaissance, to trad jazz, to metal.

I have extensive teaching experience in dance and music, having taught one-on-one private lessons as well as group classes of up to 100 or more students.

While I value classical pedagogy, I think a strictly classical approach to learning can be an obstacle. My students can expect a personalized learning plan that takes into account their level of interest, their learning style, and their goals.

I am a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I have a wide-ranging experience in the music world, playing a variety of styles and a variety of orchestrations. In 2007 i was lucky enough to join Wynton Marsalis at Avery Fischer Hall in New York. Two years later, I had the honor of playing drums behind Dave Brubeck and saxophonist Grace Kelly at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. I strive to not only assist musicians in expanding their technique and vocabulary, but also to encourage musicians in accessing their creativity and spirituality. Music is an incredible tool through which we can achieve amazing things, and through the practices of improvisation, ear training, and musical internalization, we can achieve so much more.