Resume

Pit Orchestras - Electric, Fretless, and Upright Bass

  • The Wiz

  • The Wedding Singer

  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2x)

  • Chess

  • The Last Five Years (2x)

  • Curtains

  • Company

  • The Music Man

  • Kiss Me, Kate

  • Picasso at The Lapin Agile – on stage acting role of Charles Dabernow Schmendiman

  • Les Misérables

  • Ragtime

  • Sweeney Todd

  • Footloose

  • Cabaret

  • Romance, Romance

  • Spring Awakening

  • Bare (in concert)

  • City Of Angels (in concert)

  • A Charlie Brown Christmas

  • Wonderland

  • Wicked (quarantined/remote version, directed by David Mayers)

  • Dating 2020 – new musical by Isabel Stein

  • Something Rotten! (quarantined/remote version, directed by David Mayers)

  • Songs For A New World

  • Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (2x)

  • Freaky Friday

  • Carrie

  • Kinky Boots

  • Merrily We Roll Along

  • 9 to 5

  •  Various cabarets, live performances, and studio/remote recordings – including playing at 54 Below, Green Room 42, Chelsea Table + Stage, Joe’s Pub, and Rockwood Music Hall

Off-Broadway

National Tours (click for more info)

Producing/Creative (click for more info)

Theme Park, Cruise Ships, Etc. (click for more info)

Professional Organizations:

American Federation of Musicians: Local 802 Chapter of New York (member since December 2020)

Education

New York University Steinhardt - New York City, New York - Fall 2019 - May 2021

  • Masters of Music in Instrumental Performance: Jazz Instrumental Studies

Lebanon Valley College - Annville, Pennsylvania - Class of 2017

  • Bachelor of Music in Music Recording Technology

  • Bachelor of Arts in Music - concentrations in Jazz Studies and Instrumental Studies (Bass)

College Activities (Graduate School @ NYU)

Lessons

  • Mike Richmond: Fall 2019 – Spring 2021

  • Lenny Pickett: Fall 2020

  • Tony Moreno: Spring 2020

Ensembles:

  • NYU Broadway Ensemble: under the direction of Ted Sperling and John Miller (Fall 2019 – Spring 2021)

  • Pop/Rock Ensemble: under the direction of Justin Moniz (Spring 2020 – Spring 2021. Band Manager, starting Fall 2020)

  • Mike Richmond’s Mingus Ensemble (Fall 2020 – Spring 2021)

  • Lenny Pickett’s Block Party Band (Spring 2020)

  • Billy Drewes Ensemble II – free jazz (Fall 2019 – Spring 2020)

  • Ralph Lalama Ensemble (Fall 2019 until his removal from the school)

College activities (undergraduate school @ LVC)

Lessons

  • Tim Wolfe, Jr.: 2013 – 2017

Independent Study

  • Fundamentals of Cuban Music: Spring 2017

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity: Nationally recognized professional-acting social music fraternity  

  • Assistant Fraternity Education Officer: Spring 2016

  • President: Spring 2016 – Fall 2016

  • Warden/Chaplain/Parliamentarian: Spring 2015 – Fall 2015

  • Collegiate Brother: Spring 2014 – Spring 2017

  • (Worked on editing/revising bylaws on chapter and provincial levels)

Wig & Buckle Theatre Company: Lebanon Valley College’s student-run theatre company

  • Member and Pit Musician: 2013 – 2017

Vale Music Group, LLC: Record label, live music promotion, and music industry conference

  • Vale Records Marketing Committee: 2016

  • Vale Conference Marketing Committee: 2014

Campus Music Ensembles

  • Marching Band, Jazz Band, Concert Band & Symphonic Orchestra: 2013 – 2017

WLVC: Lebanon Valley College’s campus radio station until its closure

  • President – On-Air DJ/Host: 2014 – 2015

  • Member – On-Air DJ/Host: 2013 – 2014

MiniTHON: Philanthropy organization raising money for pediatric cancer          

  • Entertainment Committee Chair: 2013 – 2014, 2014 – 2015

  • Entertainment Committee Member: 2013 – 2014

Audio Engineering Society: Organization focused on the professional audio industry          

  • Member: 2013 – 2015

Awards and Accolades:

Downbeat 45th Student Awards: Best Asynchronous Blues/Pop/Rock Group, Graduate College Winner. (NYU Steinhardt’s Pop/Rock Ensemble directed by Dr. Justin John Moniz)

Apps, Program Knowledge, Special Skills:

Sibelius, Finale, iOS/Apple Apps, Microsoft Office Programs, arranging/orchestration, music assistant work, music copyist work, forScore, iRealPro, Logic, basic video editing (Final Cut), Final Draft Mobile, Slack, Discord, strong mover, conducting, music directing, thematic setlist creation, voice over, strong leadership, can fold a fitted sheet

Miscellaneous

StrengthsQuest Top Strengths: FuturisticIncluderCommunicationEmpathyConnectedness (click each trait for more information about each trait)

Myers-Briggs: ENFJ