I am an undergraduate senior at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor studying piano performance and philosophy, with strong passions for critical thinking, piano pedagogy, chamber music, and contemporary music. I recently won top prizes in the Jacqueline Avent Concerto Competition at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, the Camerata Artists International Virtuoso II Competition, and the International Keyboard Odyssiad Competition. I attended the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Division in New York City for 10 years, and the Brearley School for middle and high school.

As a musician leading a double life with substantial academic training and work, I truly value learning music alongside a well-rounded education, as I believe that music is the quintessential liberal art. Just on its own, learning to play an instrument requires discipline, focused attention, and hard work. With my teaching, I strive to incorporate academic components like music theory, composer biographies, contextual history, philosophy, and literature in ways that are accessible and fun to learn at all ages. With that combination, students can understand not only how to execute what is on the page in front of them, but understand music in a broader context and have the ability to understand what music can communicate to others and themselves. I hope to produce students who not only improve their playing, but acquire skill sets that carry over into all aspects of their lives.