Musical Honors and Achievements
2005, 2006, 2007 - All State Music Festival Orchestra
2005 - National School Orchestra Award
2006 - S.E.I.B.A. Jazz Festival Special Citation for Outstanding Musicianship - Guitar
2007 - Played solo violin recital - In addition to playing Bach and Bruch, I also debuted 3 of my own compositions for violin and piano.
2007, 2008 - Selected to play solo violin in the City High Honors Recital
2008 - Jazz In the Meadows Outstanding Musician
2008 - Selected for Membership in the Iowa State University Honor Choir
2008 - Received $150 Betsy Hawtrey Music Scholarship for Summer Study
2008 - Received $220 Celia Eckey Scholarship for Summer Music Study
2008 - Youth Salute Award
Musical Involvement
2001 - 2008 Played in school orchestras (Concertmaster 2001 - 2006, 2008)
2002 - 2008 Played violin for Disciple Strings
2003 - 2008 - Played guitar and violin for Jazz Bands
2004 - Guys In Ties String Quartet (first violin)
2005-2007 - Played electric guitar and violin for D. Anthony Big Band
2006 - City High Singers
2006 - Hazard String Quartet (second violin)
2006 - First Violinist in Piano Quartet coached by Maia Quartet member, Tricia Park
2006 - 2008 - Played first violin in City High Quartet
2006-2008 - Mannerchor Select Men's Choir
2007 - City High Concert Choir
2007 - Played violin in a Piano Trio
2008 - Jazz Choir
Musical Studies
2002 - Studied violin with Josue Jean Francois
2003 - 2008 Studied violin with Allen Ohmes, professor emeritus University of Iowa
2005 - 2008 Studied Composition and Jazz Theory with Dan Knight
2008 - Studied piano with Susan McGuire
Summer Camps
2003 - Cedar Rapids Symphony School String Camp
2004, 2005, 2006 University of Iowa All State Music Camp
2006 University of Iowa All State Jazz Camp
2006 North Carolina School of the Arts Chamber Music Program; Winston-Salem, NC
2007 Meadowmount School of Music (7 week string camp) Westport, NY
2008 Midwest Young Artists Chamber Music Workshop (3 weeks) Kenosha, WI
Sharing My Talents
2002 - 2008 - Played for community ecumenical Martin Luther King Services
2002 -2008 - Played violin (or other instruments) weekly for my church
2004 - Began teaching beginning violin lessons
2005 - Played violin for Ecumenical Peace Service
2005 - 2006 played violin for the Governor's Annual Golden Dome Award Ceremony
2005 - 2007 Played piano for patients and visitors at Mercy Hospital
2007 - Mentored 7 young violinists in an after school program to encourage beginning violinists
2008 - Began teaching beginning guitar lessons