performance
This page highlights my work as a performer, producer, and bandleader – featuring selected projects that blend artistry, pedagogy, and community-building. Each ensemble reflects a different facet of my creative practice, from large-scale ensembles to seasonal quartets and service-driven collaborations.
DISCOGRAPHY
Visit my YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud, and BandCamp pages for more performances and original compositions.
bandleading
Direction of small and large ensembles performing original music and arrangements. I served as composer, arranger, and director for these projects, guiding both artistic development and ensemble interpretation.
A tone poem painted a sonic portrait of a shimmering lake and its surrounding wildlife. A three-part suite fused classical and jazz idioms while reflecting on the nature of knowledge production.
This live performance, originally presented as my Master’s capstone recital, evolved into a full collaborative feature album. View the full program and liner notes for context.
Dance Collaborative
Confessions… from the filter is a multidisciplinary performance created in collaboration with the USF Dance Department (dir. Jessy Zizzo). I served as music director and pianist for the trio, curating semi-structured improvisational textures that supported the dancers’ choreography.
jam sessions
One of my favorite community-building projects was founding the weekly Funky Buddha Jam Session in Boca Raton, FL. I founded and coordinated the weekly Funky Buddha Jam Session in Boca Raton, FL – a long-running community space where students and professionals gathered to perform, network, and build lasting musical relationships.
Read about the launch back in 2010 here, before the venue closed due to COVID.
Hard Poetry
This multisensory collection of poetry, sound, and song explores complex themes of inequality, racism, and classism in American education – ranging from prose to pop-inflected lyrics to art song settings.
Side by Side
I was commissioned to arrange a touring production of jazz big band repertoire – originally performed by Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme – into small group settings for a vocal duo and rhythm section. The show has since toured nationally from Miami to Las Vegas.