Work:
LIFE! Lutheran School
- Eugene, OR Aug 2012 - Jun 2013
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Elementary Music Instructor
University of Oregon School of Music
Sep 2011 - Jun 2013
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Graduate Teaching Fellow
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA
- Uganda Jun 2009 - Jul 2009
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New England Global Issues Internship
Education:
University of Oregon 2011 - 2013
M.M., Jazz Performance and Pedagogy
Hope College 2009 - 2011
B.M., Jazz Studies
Berklee College of Music 2007 - 2009
Awards:
Senior Research Award
Hope College Department of Music
Awarded for the research paper entitled, "John Coltrane: Faith, Knowledge & Being."
Freeman Fellowship Grant
ASIANetwork
Received grant which fully funded the the research project, "Jazz in Japan: Music, Community, Culture," proposed by Dr. Robert Hodson, chair of the Hope College music department.
http://www.hope.edu/pr/nfhc/current/nfhc101012-13.pdf
Outstanding Jazz Musician Award
Hope College Department of Music
World Scholarship Tour Recipient
Berklee College of Music
Received for performance study on mandolin.
New York High School All-State Choir
NYSSMA