As a conductor and producer, I see the orchestra as a powerful engine for modern storytelling, one that transcends tradition to engage with contemporary culture in meaningful, genre defying ways, and as a multimedia platform, combining live performance, recording, film, and digital media. My productions often blend classical repertoire with rock, pop, and soul, while integrating video, lighting, and immersive sound design to build narrative driven experiences. I'm deeply motivated by education, equity, and the belief that orchestras can be engines of social and creative transformation. Each project is built through democratic collaboration, with orchestra members actively shaping artistic choices and creative direction. This approach helps with confidence and innovation, while elevating the individual ideas of the musicians in the orchestra. Much of my work explores how music shape’s identity, memory, and shared experience. I create to connect audiences to music, musicians to one another, and orchestras to the world around them, and expand the boundaries of the art form, while honoring the deeply human need to be a part of the artistic process, so that our storytelling can be shared.
Testimonials
“A master of tutelage. ”
“The excitement level is spreading like wildfire!”
“Her enthusiasm for teaching, and music in general, is contagious. ”
Career Highlights
Podium
Nebraska All State Orchestras
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Contemporary Youth Orchestra
The Music Settlement Orchestras
Kaboom Studio Orchestra
Colorado Symphony
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Alternative Press Music Awards
Cleveland State University
Kent State University
Rock Artist Orchestral Collaborations
Jason Mraz
Kenny Loggins
Melissa Etheridge
Tommy Shaw
Ben Folds
Jon Anderson
Graham Nash
The Accidentals
Styx
Jefferson Starship
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
Ray Manzarek (The Doors)
Mark Mothersbaugh
Mike Garson
Bootsy Collins
Honors & Awards
Young Audiences of America
Sunshine Award for Excellence in Teaching (2008)
Northern Ohio Live
Classical Music/Opera Category – First Prize (2004)
The Cleveland Arts Prize
Mid-Career Prize in Music (2016)
ASCAP
Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
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