2017 has been an amazing year and I have been incredibly fortunate to have received so many performance and compositional opportunities this year. Here are some highlights:

February

   DMA Recital #1: Music for Tuba and Electronics - Hatch Recital Hall at the Eastma...

I've seen a few of these "Best Albums of 2017" lists pop up as we get closer to the end of 2017 and I thought I would share my top 5. There was so much good music released this year so it was difficult to narrow this down to only 5. These are my personal top 5 and ther...

What makes you continue studying music? Why did you want to do this in the first place? Why are you working so hard for this? Don't forget why. Ask yourself why you are in music often.

This little rule has saved me so much time and prevented a lot of stress. It is so simple in theory. The hard part, as with anything, is doing it. If you need to know anything about me it is this: I strive to be as lazy, or as some might say "efficient", as possible. I...

I want to use this platform to share one of my practice techniques that I employ most days. I've discussed this with a number of musicians and I love hearing their practice habits so I wanted to share mine. Hopefully, you'll find something in this post that you can use...