EDUCATION
  • The Juilliard School
  • M.M., Master of Music, Jazz Studies
 2005-5/07
  • Howard University
  • B.M. Music of Education
 2000-05
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Director and Conductor of the KIPP Academy String & Rhythm Orchestra, Bronx, NY
Provide lesson plans for general music and history for grades 5th-8th grade.
Arrange and conduct music for 5th-8th grade; 120+ children.
Students have performed for the VH1 Save the Music Foundation with John Mayer and Jon Bovi; Robin Hood Foundation with Sheryl Crow;
KIPP NYC Day at Madison Square Garden. 		08/07-present
Private Instructor, Washington, D.C.
Provided instruction for musical development; worked on reading rhythmic notation, how to listen to records, and maintaining a positive attitude. 		10/03-5/05
Student Teacher-General Music
Kelly Miller Middle School, Washington, D.C.
Directed and rehearsed drum ensemble; assisted in lessons 		03/05-05/05
Student Teacher-General Music
Ballou High School, Washington, D.C.
Assisted in Marching Band Practice
Organized music learning centers and labs 		01/05-03/05
Marching Band Drum Line Coordinator, Silver Spring, MD
Organized and taught drum cadences to drum line 		07/04
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Soulful Symphony, Conductor Darin Atwater08/97-present
Jeff Majors, TV One television show host of Gospel Music
Music One Gospel Recording Artist02/04-present
Aaron Goldberg, Sunnyside Records05/09
Wycliffe Gordon, BluesBack Records04/08
Eric Reed, MaxJazz Recording Artist Jazz Pianist (Blue Note Jazz Club)10/06
Donnie McClurkin, Verity Gospel Recording Artist07/04
Donnie, Motown Recording Artist02/04
Playboy Jazz Festival with Javon Jackson06/10
AWARDS
Satterthwaite Scholarship, The Juilliard School2006
Louis & Sarah Mindich Scholarship, The Juilliard School.2006
Donald Strahl Scholarship, The Juilliard School Member of All-American Scholar Association, Howard University2001
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Morgan State University1999
Promethean Kappa Tau Honor Society, Morgan State University1999

Reference available upon request