Entrepreneurial Activities and Concert Organization

Co-owner (2010–present)
ADJ•ective New Music, LLC
Fredonia, NY
Founded in 2010, ADJ•ective New Music, LLC strives to introduce contemporary music to new audiences in the concert hall, studio, and classroom through group and private instruction, music publication, and event presentation.
Responsibilities: music editing, copywork, concert organization, concert recording (audio and video), website maintenance, score production, music binding, product shipping, and teaching private lessons

ADJ•ective New Music Concerts (2011–2019)
  • 4(19) Festival
    A collaborative series of concerts with the Toledo Museum of Art and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, featuring music created by composers with a connection to the (419) area code. This musical celebration was organized into four themes, with performances scheduled across three days that feature works by 19 local composers, representing the extraordinary depth of this region’s musical history.
    August 9, 2019—August 11, 2019 | Toledo Museum of Art | Toledo, OH

  • “BACH TO THE FUTURE”
    A collaborative series of concerts with the Toledo Museum of Art and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra during a 24-hour marathon performance
    August 13, 2016 | Toledo Museum of Art | Toledo, OH
 
  • MUSIC MARATHON: “THE COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS OF DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH”
    A concert curated with the Toledo Museum of Art and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra
    August 15, 2015 | GlasSalon at the TMA | Toledo, OH

  • "TWO HOT"
    A collaborative event with Gathered Gallery and Studios that included glass blowing demonstrations accompanied by live and fixed electroacoustic music, featuring performances by flutist Élise Roy
    January 24, 2014 | Gathered Gallery and Studios | Toledo, OH

  • "TERPSICHOREAN"
    A concert featuring the Zin Quartet, with additional performances by the Aurea Silva Trio and faculty/graduate students from the University of Michigan and Bowling Green State University
    November 10, 2013 | The Ohio Theatre | Toledo, OH

  • "RUSHES"
    A performance of Michael Gordon’s concert-length work for seven bassoons, Rushes (2012), with Scott Bartlett, Jonathon Aaron Brown, Andrew B. Favorito, Molly Swope Fidler, Susan Nelson, Jamie Leigh Sampson, and Jim Westhoff, conducted by John J. Pearse
    March 21, 2013 | Moore Musical Arts Center | Bowling Green, OH

  • "HOT"
    A collaborative event with Gathered Gallery and Studios that included glass blowing demonstrations accompanied by live improvisation, as well as performances given by the Ogni Suono saxophone duo and local musicians
    January 11, 2013 | Gathered Gallery and Studios | Toledo, OH