SKILLS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CIVILIAN
SYMPHONICITY
Music Director & Conductor
2017 - Present
RADFORD UNIVERSITY
Adjunct Instructor / Director of Percussion
Jan 2009 – Jun 2009
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA COLLEGE AT WISE
Artist in Residence
Aug 2008 – Jun 2009
Taught Music Appreciation, beginning piano class, composition lessons and forums, and directed the marching band percussion program.
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Associate Conductor, Orchestra
Aug 2006 – Aug 2009
CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
David Effron Conducting Fellow
2007 – 2008
Selected from an international pool as sole recipient of the 2007 David Effron Conducting Fellowship to serve as Associate Conductor for the Chautauqua Institution Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, leading symphonic, opera, ballet, and chamber music concerts for a 10-week summer concert series with over 20,000 in attendance.
AMERICAN WIND SYMPHONY
Director of Percussion for Music Scholars Program
1998 – 1999
Director for percussion curriculum for 25 elementary, middle, and high school students throughout greater-Pittsburgh region.
FREELANCE MUSICIAN
Drummer/Percussionist
1994 – Present
MARCHING ARTS EDUCATOR, DESIGNER, & ADJUDICATOR
1994 – 2009
RECOGNITION:
2008 United States Scholastic Band Association 2nd place, U.S. Championships (Music/Front Ens. Arranger, Urbana HS, MD)
2008 United States Scholastic Band Association Virginia State Champions (Drill/Music/Perc. Arranger, Pulaski County HS, VA)
2007 Percussive Arts Society Virginia "Day of Percussion" Featured (Perc. Director, Thomas Edison HS, VA)
2007 Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Percussion Winner (Front Ens. Arranger, Urbana HS, MD)
2007 Virginia State Superior Ratings (Drill/Music/Perc. Arranger, Pulaski County HS, VA)
2006 Virginia State Superior Ratings (Music Arranger/Perc. Director, Radford HS, VA)
2000 Percussive Arts Society MD/DE "Day of Percussion" Featured (Perc. Director, Caesar Rodney HS, DE)
1999 Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast top-5 Percussion (Perc. Director, Caesar Rodney HS, DE)
1998 United States Scholastic Band Association National Percussion Title Runner-Up (Perc. Director, Wicomico HS, MD)
1997 United States Scholastic Band Association National Percussion Title (Perc. Director, Wicomico HS, MD)
1997 Tournament of Bands Chapter 9 Percussion Winner (Perc. Director, Caesar Rodney HS, DE)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MILITARY
Flight Commander, Associate Conductor, U.S. Air Force Band, Washington D.C.
Jun 2016 - Sep 2017
Public Affairs Advisor to the 23rd Secretary of the Air Force
Mar 2015 – May 2016
Chosen by Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Director to plan, coordinate, and develop a strategic public engagement plan for the Secretary of the Air Force including oversight for Secretary of the Air Force social media communications, national news interviews, and special products and announcements.
Director, United States Air Forces Central Command Band
Aug 2014 – Feb 2015
Led 24 musicians in 124 performances to more than three million people in five countries of Southwest Asia in support of national security objectives.
RECOGNITION:
Air Force 2014 Outstanding Communicator Award (#1 of 179 public affairs peers worldwide)
Director, National Capital Region Engagements Program, Air Force Public Affairs
Jul 2013 – Jul 2014
Chosen by Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Director to plan and lead high visibility Pentagon engagements program.
RECOGNITION:
Air Force Headquarters Public Affairs Company Grade Officer of the Year
Chief Executive Officer (Commander) & Music Director, Air Force Band of Flight
Jul 2012 – Jun 2013
Director of 132 performances for over one million listeners including radio, TV, cable, and worldwide broadcasts, steward of $4M equipment account with a seven vehicle transportation fleet, and as leader responsible for training and equipping 47 personnel for world-wide deployment tours.
RECOGNITION:
2012 Headquarters Company Grade Officer of the Year
2012 Regional Air Force "Best Integrated Communication Award" for concerts and tours
2013 Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
2013 Winner of the Col George S. Howard Citation of Musical Excellence For Military Concert Bands
Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Air Force Materiel Command
Oct 2011 – Jun 2012
Hand-picked to assist the Chief of Staff of Air Force Materiel Command to train 90 Action Officers in staffing procedures, manage an electronic tasking system of 16,000 annual taskings including over 130 Congressional Inquiries and multiple Highly Sensitive/Secret projects, and to provide administrative support for time critical feedback between headquarters leadership and Pentagon/Washington D.C. senior leaders.
RECOGNITION:
2011 Headquarters Company Grade Officer of the Quarter
2011 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Company Grade Officer of the Quarter
Vice Director & Assistant Conductor, Air Force Band of Flight
Jul 2009 – Sep 2011
Assisted in leading a 45 member professional musical organization to co-manage a $500k operating budget, co-produce over 450+ annual performances including worldwide locations, and to develop plans for round-trip deployment of 10 musicians to South America.
RECOGNITION:
2010 Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
2010 Headquarters & Public Affairs Company Grade Officer of the Year
EDUCATION
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Military & Strategic Studies, Public Affairs
2009 – Present
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Master of Music, Orchestral Conducting
2006 – 2008
PRINCIPAL TEACHERS:
RADFORD UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Music, Music Theory & Composition (magna cum laude)
2001 – 2006
PRINCIPAL TEACHERS:
Activities: Music Majors Association (President), Phi Mu Alpha (Music Director), Pi Kappa Lamda, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, National Band Association Chapter (Founder and President), Conductors Guild, USA-TODAY All-American Academic First Team, Radford University Highlander Scholar
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Music Education & Composition
1996 – 1998
PRINCIPAL TEACHERS:
SALISBURY UNIVERSITY
Music Technology
1995 – 1996
RECOGNITION
CONDUCTING & COMPOSITION
MILITARY SERVICE MEDALS
MILITARY AWARDS
COLLEGIATE RECOGNITION
(ASSOCIATIONS AND INDUCTIONS)
SCHOLASTIC RECOGNITION
COMPOSITIONS
CHAMBER MUSIC
LARGE ENSEMBLES
PUBLICATIONS & TEXTS
TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS
SOFTWARE
Notation: Sibelius (all versions), Finale (Notepad and Allegro versions), LIME, Encore/Music Time Deluxe
Audio: Cubase, Logic Pro, Apple Garageband, Harrison Mixbus 32
Photo/Video: Final Cut Pro X, iMovie, iPhoto, Picasa, VectorDraw
Productivity: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Outlook), Apple Pages, OpenOffice
MEMBERSHIPS
Americans for the Arts
Conductors Guild
League of American Symphony Orchestras
National Band Association
World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles
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