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E DUCATION McGill University Schulich School of Music Doctor of Music: Performance Studies, Piano 2020 The performer, semiotics, and interpretation: How semiotic analysis and intention shape musical meaning and performer identity Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Performer Diploma, Piano 2016 Master of Music, Piano 2015 University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance 2013
Teachers Coaches Masterclasses Ilya Poletaev Michael McMahon András Schiff Norman Krieger Jean-Louis Haguenauer Kyoko Hashimoto Boris Kuschnir Ann Schein Elisabeth Pridonoff Stephen Wyrczynski Christian Zacharias Read Gainsford Brent Schloneger Mauricio Fuks Robert McDonald Joela Jones Axel Strauss Seán Duggan Donna Lee Carol Vaness Graham Johnson Jerry Wong Thomas Robertello Leon Fleisher Eugene Pridonoff Donna Loewy Kenneth Griffiths
S ELECTED R ECENT P ERFORMANCES Concerto performance | Pollack Hall September 2020 with Adam Keeping and chamber ensemble Solo performance | Southwestern Oklahoma State University (streamed) May 2020 Collaborative performance | Oscar Peterson Hall March 2020 with Trio Élan Collaborative performance | Musical Chairs International Chamber Music Festival February 2020 with Axel Strauss, violin, and Brian Manker, cello Collaborative performance | Bruce Mather and alcides lanza Celebration Concert October 2019 with Dr. Sara Laimon, piano Masterclass performance | Pollack Hall October 2019 Masterclass given by Sir András Schiff Concerto performances | Pollack Hall October 2019 with Alexis Hauser and the McGill Symphony Orchestra Solo recital | Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur March 2019 through Accès Culture Montréal Collaborative performances | Victoria Hall and BAnQ Grande Bibliothèque March 2019 Opéra de Montréal (Opera Talks) A CADEMIC E MPLOYMENT McGill Conservatory Piano instructor 2019 – present Private piano instructor for registered students Course instructor 2020 – present Creating and teaching courses Concepts: keyboard history and literature, music appreciation McGill University Schulich School of Music Practical piano instructor 2017 – 2020 Applied piano instructor to undergraduate performance and faculty students Substitute instructor for Professor Dr. Sara Laimon’s students during her unanticipated medical leave (Winter 2020) Course lecturer 2017 – 2020 Musicianship 1 (MUSP-170) Keyboard proficiency for undergraduate music majors Concepts: scales, sight reading, transposition, chord progression realization Musicianship 2 (MUSP-171) Keyboard proficiency for undergraduate music majors Concepts: scales, sight reading, transposition, clef reading, chord progression realization Keyboard for Professional Practice (MUSP-500D1/D2) Individualized keyboard skills training for graduate music theory, conducting, and musicology students required for research, professional presentations, and classroom teaching Concepts: figured bass realization, melody harmonization, transposition, score reading, improvisation sight reading, performance skills Marianopolis College Course lecturer 2019 – 2020 Keyboard Proficiency (551-244-MS) Keyboard proficiency for CEGEP students for university credit Concepts: scales, sight reading, transposition, chord progression realization Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Course coordinator 2015 – 2016 Musical Skills IV (MUS-T331) Instructor of post-tonal aural skills to undergraduate music majors; designing curriculum and course pack; supervisor of one to three associate instructors Concepts: singing, sight singing, critical listening, dictation, improvisation, written projects, keyboard skills Associate instructor 2014 – 2015 Music Theory and Literature V (MUS-T351), Musical Skills IV (MUS-T331) Teaching assistant to professor of post-tonal aural skills and post-tonal theory and analysis Concepts: singing, sight singing, critical listening, dictation, improvisation, analysis, writing, keyboard skills
O THER M USICAL E MPLOYMENT McGill Conservatory Research assistant 2016 – present Creating and formatting new syllabi for Conservatory performance examinations Tasks involved: compiling, correcting, and synthesizing data from existing examination syllabi and addenda into mergeable data sheets; researching universal titles, editions, and publication information; updating French/English translations to adhere to McGill University’s observance of the Québec Charter of the French Language Pianist 2016 – present Collaborative pianist for all concerts, masterclasses, and workshops Independent employment Vocal coach 2012 – present Helping vocalists delve deeper into textual and musical interpretation and delivery Pianist / instructor 2007 – present Pianist; collaborator for lessons and performances; private lesson instructor
R ECENT M USICAL S ERVICE Adjudicator | Pacific Youth International Music Society Piano Festival 2020 Masterclass | Southwestern Oklahoma State University 2020 Examiner | McGill Conservatory Piano Examinations 2020 Coach (volunteer) | McGill University Classical Music Club 2018 – 2020 Examiner | McGill Conservatory Piano Examinations 2019 Pianist | Interdisciplinary collaboration with Missouri Contemporary Ballet 2017 Staff pianist | Indiana University Summer String Academy 2016
S ELECTED R ECENT R ECORDINGS Live recording | Martha de Francisco, Dan Bevc 2020 Lili Boulanger: Two Pieces; Robert Schumann: Sonata in A minor, Op. 105 (with flutist Naama Neuman) Live recording | Hyunjoung Yang 2019 Short program: Haydn, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Liebermann Live recording | McGill Sound Recording Studio 2019 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Studio recording | Martha de Francisco, Jennifer Nulsen 2018 Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Schumann, Op. 9 Live recording | Justin Chervony 2018 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Préludes, Op. 32 (selections) Live recording | McGill Sound Recording Studio, CBC Classical 2018 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Live recording | McGill Sound Recording Studio, CBC Classical 2018 Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
S ELECTED P ERFORMANCE A WARDS Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition 2019 Competitor in live rounds McGill Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition 2019 Winner McGill Symphony Orchestra Classical Concerto Competition 2018 Winner Graduate Excellence Fellowship | McGill University 2016
Indiana University Concerto Competition 2014 Finalist Cliburn Prize | University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music 2010, 2011, 2012 Winner, CCM piano competition William Black Memorial Prize | University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music 2009 Winner Music Teachers National Association Competitions 2008 Third prize, national final Ohio Music Teachers Association Auditions 2007 Winner
S ELECTED A WARDS AND G RANTS International Travel Grant | McGill University 2019 International Student Grant Writing Competition | McGill University 2019 Graduate Dean’s Award | McGill University 2016 Graduate Dean’s Scholarship | Indiana University 2013 CCM Memorial Award | University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music 2013
S ELECTED P UBLISHED / P RESENTED A CADEMIC W ORK McGill Conservatory Examination Syllabi Piano 2019 Violin 2021 Cello anticipated 2021 Guitar anticipated 2021 Voice anticipated 2021 Argle Bargle A musical response to a Supreme Court dissent 2017 Coming Together A brief analysis on musical manifestations of socio-political rhetoric 2016 The Seen And Unseen Threads of connection among Charles Ives’s Five Take-Offs for Piano 2015 Charles Ives’s Psalm 90 A brief examination of the use and absence of five leitmotif structures 2015