Highly passionate and determined teacher and violinist, committed to finding that musical spark residing in each student and fanning it into a flame that lasts a lifetime.
OBJECTIVES
- Violin and Viola private instruction
- Youth String Orchestra Conductor
- Recital and Concert planning
- Strings in Praise and Worship settings
EXPERIENCE
- One Sound School of Music, Monroe, WA Violin Teacher (August 2011 to present)
- Rose Hill Middle School, Redmond, WA Elementary String Orchestra 4th -5th grade September 2011 to June 2015. Taught classrooms of up to 60 violin, viola, cello, and bass students
- Gene Nastri Community School of the Arts, Mukilteo, WA Violin Teacher (September 2011 to January 2014)
- Timbercrest Junior High, Woodinville, WA String Orchestra Coach (September 2011 to 2012)
- Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, PR China Violin, Oral English, Western Music Appreciation, Choir, American Cinema, Art History (August 2007 to June 2011) Private Violin Lessons in Mandarin (2009 to 2011)
- Capital Christian Elementary School, Sacramento, CA General Music Teacher for K – 5th grade (February 2006 to May 2007)
- California State University, String Project, Sacramento, CA Taught classrooms of 3rd and 4th graders beginning violin, viola, and cello (2004 to 2005)
EDUCATION
- Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 2004 Bachelors of Music, Violin Performance
- California State University, Sacramento, CA 2006 Masters of Music, Violin Performance
ORCHESTRAL AND PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
- Volunteer musician in Pursuit Church Worship Band Snohomish, WA
- Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Seattle, WA First Violinist (September 2011 to April 2015)
- Sias University Symphony Orchestra, Xinzheng, Henan, PR China Concertmaster (March 2009 to May 2011) Led string sectional in mandarin.
- North State Symphony Orchestra, Redding/Chico, CA 2nd violin (2006 to 2007)
- Camellia Symphony Orchestra, Sacramento, CA Principal 2nd violin (2006 to 2007)
- B Street Theatre, Sacramento, CA Music Theatre Violinist (Summer 2006)
- Mother Lode Friends of Music Symphony Orchestra, Sutter Creek, CA (2005 to 2006)
- Seattle Symphony’s Gold Medal Musician Award (1999)