Education

Doctor of Musical Arts in Contemporary Music (2014)
Bowling Green State University
  • Area of Specialization: Music Composition | Cognate: Music Cognition
  • Primary Composition Instructors: Mikel Kuehn (mentor) and Elainie Lillios
  • Culminating Document: “Continuity, Motion, and Energy through the Spectrum: An Analysis of Philippe Leroux’s Un Lieu Verdoyant - Hommage à Gérard Grisey”
  • Culminating Composition: Trajectories for wind ensemble

Master of Music in Composition (2009)
Bowling Green State University
  • Primary Instructors: Burton Beerman, Mikel Kuehn, and Andrea Reinkemeyer
  • Thesis: Remnants for clarinet, bassoon, and chamber orchestra

Summer Arts Composer/Performer Collaboration (July 13–26, 2008)
California State University, Fresno
  • Primary Instructors: Howard Frazin and Kenneth D. Froelich

Bachelor of Music in Composition and Performance (2007)
The State University of New York at Fredonia
  • Primary Composition Instructors: Karl Boelter and Donald Bohlen
  • Primary Clarinet Instructor: James East