Education

• Full-time music faculty at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, CA; directs the Frequency vocal jazz program and teaches theory and piano classes
• BM: Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo in jazz piano
• MM: University of Southern California in jazz voice
• Founder and director of the Oceanside Jazz Festival, a non-competitive vocal jazz and big band festival hosted at MiraCosta College
• One of a select group of teachers chosen in 2015 as a quarter-finalist for the GRAMMY’s Music Educator Award
• Guest clinician and performer at jazz festivals in the United States and Canada, including prominent events such as the Reno & Monterey Jazz Festivals
• Clinic presentations at conferences: Jazz Education Network (JEN), American Choral Director’s Association (ACDA), International Jazz Voice Conference (Finland), California Music Educators Association (CMEA) and others
• Guest conductor for All-State Vocal Jazz Ensembles for Washington, Iowa, and Colorado, and others
• Vocal jazz instructor for Joe’s Jazz Camp in Atlanta, GA