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Education:
1989-1993 Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance
Appalachian State University, NC
1993-1995 Master of Music in Piano Performance
Duquesne University, PA
1996-1997 Contemporary Improvisation New England Conservatory, MA
Teaching Experience:
1997-98 Boston Music Company, Boston, MA
Taught a wide variety of students in private lessons ranging from beginner to intermediate piano and basic theory. Also incorporated required listening lists for students and scheduled live performances to attend with students. Students worked on a variety of literature: J.S. Bach II Part Inventions, Chopin Preludes and Nocturnes, Jazz Standards, Blues and Rock.
1994-96 Volkwein Brothers, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Instructed students of wide and varying ages and at many different technical levels. Concentrated primarily on keyboard skills and basic music theory: scale structure, key signatures, functional harmony and jazz harmony. Also encouraged students to improvise and compose within simple structures.
Professional Experience:
Recordings:
"Climbing" The Dan DeChellis
Trio
"Spitit-That-Moves-In-All-Things" ThreeMonks
"Shapes" solo piano improvisations / compositions ·
"Real Time" DeChellis / Tomasic / Nakatani Trio ·
"Chamber Music" music for piano / voice / theremin / percussion / violin ·
"1-8 in 1" Focus Quintet ·
"Red Room" Chainworks
Performances:
·Improvised and Otherwise Festival, NYC
Scullers Jazz Club, Boston MA
Paine Hall, Harvard University (as a founding member of Boston Public Works)
The Knitting Factory, NYC
Killian Hall, M.I.T.
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Appalachian State University, NC
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA (as a guest composer with the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble)
Roulette, NYC
Balcony Jazz Club, Pittsburgh, PA
The Big Sur Experimental Music Festival, CA
Autumn Uprising - Improvised / New Music Festival, Boston, MA
Radio:
WFMU, New York City
WERS, Boston
WKCR, New York City
Reviews:
·The Village Voice, New York
The Wire, UK
Halana, Spain
Musik Express, Germany
Interviews:
Cadence Jazz Magazine
Keyboard Magazine
Joy Magazine
