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EDUCATION
2007 M.M. Flute
Performance, Florida
State University (GPA
3.83 on 4.0 scale)
2005 Appalachian State
University – beginning
Master of Music work
2004
2003 B.M. Music
Performance, Tennessee
Technological
University, May 2003
(GPA 3.81 on 4.0 scale)
PERFORMING
EXPERIENCE
Professional Experience
Columbus Symphony
Orchestra (sublist,
2007-present)
Sinfonia Gulf Coast
(2nd flute/piccolo,
2007-present)
Panama City Pops
Orchestra (Principal/piccolo, 2007
– present)
129th Army National
Guard Band (soloist and
section member,
2003-present)
Nashville
Philharmonic Orchestra
(Assistant
Principal Flute/piccolo,
2004)
Cumberland County
Playhouse (Pit Orchestra
member, 2003-2004)
Freelance Musician
(Musicals, Theater,
Christmas Oratorios,
Weddings, etc.
2001-present)
Educational Performing/Masterclasses
Florida
State University –
principal flute of
University Symphony
Orchestra, opera
orchestra,
graduate chamber
winds, flute choir, wind
ensemble, early music
ensemble, Baroque flute
and
recorder.
Masterclass
participant with Walfrid
Kujala, Stephen Preston,
Alberto Almarza,
Elizabeth Buck,
Leone Buyse, Ali
Ryerson, Sarah Beth
Hanson, Deborah Harris
Tennessee
Technological University
– Bryan Symphony
Orchestra, Symphony
Band, University
Orchestra
COMPETITIONS/HONORS/AWARDS
Competitions/Awards
Winner/Alternate –
National Flute
Association Piccolo
Masterclass, 2007
Winner - Florida
Flute Fair Masterclass,
2007
Florida State
University Concerto
Competition, 2006
Finalist -
Appalachian State
University Concerto
Competition, 2005
Winner – Mu Phi
Epsilon Province Senior
Achievements Award, 2003
Tennessee
Technological University
Derryberry Competition
2003
Affiliations/Honors
National Flute
Association
Florida Flute
Association
Mu Phi Epsilon
(former treasurer, Beta
Theta chapter)
Phi Kappa Phi
Pi Kappa Lambda
The Chancellor’s
List
The National Dean’s
List
Florida State
University Flute
Association (Secretary
2006-2007)
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
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Gulf Coast Community
College adjunct
faculty 2010 -
present
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Emerald Coast Flute
Choir Founder and
Director 2010 -
present
Panama City Flute Camp Founder 2010
Jinks Middle School Clinic 2010-2011
Rutherford High School Flute Clinic, 2010
Arnold High School Flute Clinic, 2010
-
Smyrna Middle
School and High
School, Guest Clinician
and Masterclass, 2008
University of West
Florida Flute Day Guest
Clinician, 2008
Florida State
University Teaching
Assistantship – private
lessons, studio class
teacher, chamber
-
ensemble coach, 2005-2007
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Tennessee
Technological University
Clinic and Masterclass
Fall 2006, 2007, Spring
2008
Appalachian State
University –
Undergradute lessons
, flute
choir conductor,
2004-2005
Private Studio
(lessons, sectionals and
band camps) – FL, 2007-
present,
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Private Studio
(lessons, sectionals
and band camps) NC 2004-2005,
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Private Studio
(lessons, sectionals
and band camps) TN 2001- 2004
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PRESENTATIONS
"Practical Steps
Towards Injury
Prevention and
Management"-
Presentation at
National Flute
Association August
2011.
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"Lift, Play, Love: Basic
Weight Lifting for
Efficient Flute
Playing”,
Presentations at
National Flute
Association
Convention, August
2011, FSU and
Florida Flute -
Association
Convention January
2011, TTU November
2010.
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“From the Weight Room to the Practice Room: Workouts for
Flutists to Prevent
Pain and Live
Healthier”,
Presentation at
Florida Flute
Association
Convention, January
2010, Nicholls
University, April
2010.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Alexander Technique
classes with Alexander
Murray – FSU 2006;
Janeke Resnick - Interlochen Arts
Camp, 2001
Boxwood Winter
Weekend with Chris
Norman, 2003
“What Every Musician
Needs to Know About the
Body” workshop with
Barbara Conable, 2002
