Education
MiraCosta College:
- Full-time music faculty at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, CA; directs the Frequency vocal jazz program and teaches theory and piano classes
- Part-time music faculty at CSU Long Beach; teaches private jazz voice to vocal jazz majors
- 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 the Monterey Jazz Festival Summer Camp
