Instrument/Position:
Flute/Piccolo
Education:
University of Arizona, Bachelor of Music in performance Lynn Conservatory, Master of Music in performance San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Professional Studies Diploma in performance
Joined the Symphony:
2024
Other orchestras/ensembles/festivals you have or currently play with:
Opera San Jose, California Symphony, Midsummer Mozart Festival, Santa Rosa Symphony, One Found Sound
Most memorable musical experience:
Musically: subbing with New World Symphony on John Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Mahler 4 with MTT conducting! Wackiest: getting hired by The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniature to lead their May Day march by dressing up in fairy wings and playing lilting tunes on the piccolo.
If you weren't a musician, what would you be doing:
Optometry. Or teaching kids in some capacity
Hobbies:
Sewing/altering clothes, crafting, gardening, visiting US National Parks with my wife, and training our cats to do tricks
Favorite vacation spot:
Croatia – Plitvice National Park and Hawaii
What three things can always be found in your refrigerator:
Cheese, eggs, and cans of cat food
If you could give one piece of advice to your younger self, what would it be:
Believe in yourself!
Do you have a "bucket list" piece of orchestral music that you have yet to play:
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis, Shostakovich no. 10, and Mendelssohn no. 4
