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EDUCATION
Master of Music, Piano Performance: Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana: 2019 Major Teacher: Kate Boyd, D.M.A. Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance and Business Minor, summa cum laude: Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio: 2017 Major Teacher: Jackson Leung, D.M.A. WORK EXPERIENCE Private Piano Instructor, Indianapolis, Indiana: 2017-Present Freelance Pianist, Indianapolis, Indiana: 2017-Present Performs as solo and collaborative pianist for events including: weddings, parties, ceremonies, dinners, galas, fundraisers, etc. Rated "Top Performer" on GigSalad Adjunct Faculty, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana: 2024 Music Director, Trinity Church, Brownsburg, Indiana: 2017-2024 Lecturer of Piano, Director of Piano Studies, Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana: 2020-2023 Piano Faculty Member, Indianapolis Suzuki Academy: 2017-2020 Completed training in: Every Child Can, Suzuki Piano School Volumes 1 & 2 Graduate Assistant, Collaborative Piano: Butler University: 2017-2019 Legacy Music Studios, Carmel, Indiana: 2017 Butler Community Arts School, Indianapolis, Indiana: 2017 Private Piano Instructor, Dayton, Ohio: 2011-2017 Freelance Pianist, Cincinnati-Dayton, Ohio: 2011-2017 PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE Solo Guest Artist: St. George Lutheran, Edinburgh, Indiana: 2023 Performed works by Glinka, Schubert, Debussy, Ginastera, Mendelssohn, and Bartok Graduate Recital: Butler University: 2019 Performed works by Bach, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Corigliano Senior Recital: Wright State University: 2017 Performed works by Bach, Beethoven and Scriabin Wright State University’s Annual ArtsGala, Soloist: 2014-2017 Junior Recital: Wright State University: 2016 Performed works by Scarlatti, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Ginastera and Muczyenski Troy-Hayner Culteral Center, Soloist: 2016 Collaborative Butler Symphony Orchestra, Piano and Celeste: Butler University: 2018 Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 and Bernstein “Jeremiah” Symphony Music on the Hill Chamber Music Series: “Brother and Sister Duo” with violinist, Matthew Jackson: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Marysville, Ohio: 2017 Tour Lead Keyboardist, The Prophecy Show, Tribute Band to Trans-Siberian Orchestra: North American Tour: November-December 2021 Festivals Vienna Summer Music Festival, Vienna, Austria: Collaborative Pianist: 2018, Teacher: Hafez Babashahi, Wagner Conservatory National Music Festival, Chestertown, Maryland: Collaborative Piano Apprentice: 2017, Teacher: Michael Gurt, Louisiana State University Masterclasses Soloist: Dr. Matthew Hill, professor at Goshen College: Butler University: 2019 Soloist: Yevgeny Yontov, finalist in the 2017 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition: Butler University: 2019 Soloist: Jon Nakamatsu, 1997 Van Cliburn gold medalist: Butler University: 2018 Soloist: Sean Chen, 2013 American Pianists Awards Winner and 2013 Van Cliburn bronze medalist: Butler University: 2018 Collaborative: Zach De Pue, former Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster: Butler University: 2018 Collaborative: Keith Lockhart, Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra: Wright State University: 2015 ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE Adjudicator, Sonatina/Sonata Festival, Tippecanoe Music Teachers Association, Lafayette, IN, 2025 Artistic Director for Butler Summer Piano Camp, Butler Community Arts School, 2024 Adjudicator, Dance Festival, Tippecanoe Music Teachers Association, Lafayette, IN, 2024 Adjudicator, Rising Star Competition, Piano Division, 2023 Solo Artist, Winterlights at Newfields, 2020-2021 Classical Music Indy Artist, 2019-Present Indiana Piano Teacher Association Member, 2019-Present Pi Kappa Lambda, the National Music Honor Society Member, 2019-Present White Coat and Hooding Ceremonies, Pianist, Indianapolis Indiana: 2018-Present Suzuki Association of the Americas Member, 2018-2022 Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Member, 2018 National Safety Council Congress and Expo, Guest Artist, Indianapolis, Indiana and Houston, Texas: 2017 and 2018 Marketing Commercial for Majestic Glove, Pianist: 2017 Chamber Orchestra Music Librarian: Wright State University: 2014-2017 COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS Iva Eidson Duckwall Memorial Scholarship, Indianapolis, Indiana: 2019 Winner, Pi Kappa Lambda Scholarship Competition, Indianapolis, Indiana: 2018 First Prize, Women’s Department Scholarship Competition, Indianapolis, Indiana: 2018 William and Helen Speicher Outstanding Performance Award: Butler University: 2018 Alternate, MTNA Chamber Music State Division Competition, Oberlin, Ohio: 2016 |