Education
Brooklyn College – M.M. in Music Composition (awarded May 2019 with Graduate Dean’s Award)
Marlboro College – B.A. in Music Composition and Piano Performance (awarded May 2016 with Highest Honors)
Principal composition teachers: Jason Eckardt, Tania León, Wang Jie, Matan Rubinstein, and Stanley Charkey
Principal piano teachers: Robert Merfeld, Luis Batlle, and Burton Hatheway
Select Composition Awards
Scholarships and Grants
Residencies and Summer Festivals
Conferences
Select Piano Performance Awards
Select List of Compositions
Operas:
Select Performances (Recitals, Chamber Music & Orchestral Performances)
Brooklyn College – M.M. in Music Composition (awarded May 2019 with Graduate Dean’s Award)
Marlboro College – B.A. in Music Composition and Piano Performance (awarded May 2016 with Highest Honors)
Principal composition teachers: Jason Eckardt, Tania León, Wang Jie, Matan Rubinstein, and Stanley Charkey
Principal piano teachers: Robert Merfeld, Luis Batlle, and Burton Hatheway
Select Composition Awards
- 2019 Best New Music awardee with librettist Bea Goodwin from 360 of Opera Awards
- 2019 Lehman Engel award from Brooklyn College for outstanding dramatic musical composition
- 2017 Kaddish Millet ‘48 award from Brooklyn College for recognition of a special talent in songwriting
- 2017 Sparks Wiry & Cries SongSlam, 2nd place
- 2012 Golden Key Festival International Piano Composition Competition, 3rd place
- 2011 Webster University National Young Composers Competition, Honorable Mention
- 2010 MTNA Connecticut State Composition Competition, 1st place
- 2009 National Federation of Music Clubs National Junior Composition Competition, 2nd place
Scholarships and Grants
- 2014 - 2019 Scholarship from Wednesday Afternoon Music Club
- 2017 - 2019 Cerf, Chancey Memorial, and Eleanor Kilcoyne Scholarships in Music from Brooklyn College
- 2018 - 2019 Brooklyn College Fellowship for Distinguished Professor Ursula Oppens’ ConTempo Ensemble
- 2018 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Creative Engagement Grant for opera Tabula Rasa
- 2018 Sparkplug Foundation Grant for the production of opera Tabula Rasa
- 2012 - 2016 Marlboro College Trustees Merit Scholarship & Leadership Grant
- 2016 Senior Plan Grant for production of opera The Fall of the House of Usher
- 2015 - 2016 Marlboro College Jerom I. Aron Grant for the production of The Fall of the House of Usher
- 2015 - 2016 recipient of Marlboro College's M. Brenn Greene Scholarship
- 2015 Marlboro College Town Meeting Scholarship for the production of The Fall of the House of Usher
- 2015 Marlboro College Summer Internship Grant for Opera development
- 2014 Marlboro College World Studies Grant for summer research about pitch perception in Canada
Residencies and Summer Festivals
- Blue Building (NY, NY) 2018 - present
- New York Deaf Theatre (NY, NY) 2018
- highSCORE Festival Composition Program (Pavia, Italy) 2016
- Atlantic Music Festival Composition Program (Waterville, ME) 2015
- Walden Creative Musicians Retreat (Dublin, NH) 2014
Conferences
- Norwich University Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences Intercollegiate Student Symposium
- Bowling Green State University Graduate Student Conference (Bowling Green, OH) 2016
Select Piano Performance Awards
- 2018 finalist in Art Song Society’s Mary Trueman Art Song Vocal Competition (collaborative pianist)
- 2017 award for excellent performance in ConTempo from the Brooklyn College Conservatory
- 2012 American Fine Arts Festival, 1st Place (Carnegie Hall concert)
- 2009, 2010 & 2012 Golden Key Festival, 1st place (Carnegie Hall concerts 2009, 2010 & 2012)
- 2011 Eastern Connecticut Orchestra Concerto Competition, 2nd place
- 2010 American Fine Arts Festival Chopin Bicentennial Concert at Carnegie Hall
- 2010 American Protege Romantic Music Competition, 2nd place (Carnegie Hall concert)
- 2009 & 2010 American Protege International Piano Competition, 2nd place (Merkin Hall and Carnegie Hall concerts)
- 2009 Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition, 1st place (Carnegie Hall debut)
Select List of Compositions
Operas:
- Betwixt Birth & Borders (2020) – workshopped at the Soapbox Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), December 8th, 2019
- The Tell Tale Heart (2020) – scheduled to be workshopped at The West End Lounge (NY, NY), March 29th, 2020
- HindSight (2020) – workshopped at Michiko Studios (NY, NY), November 2nd, 2019, The Blue Building (NY, NY). February 8th, 2020, and scheduled to be premiered at The Blue Building, May 29th, 30th, and 31st, 2020
- Mother Goose: a drag comic chamber opera (2019) – workshopped at Brooklyn College (Brooklyn, NY), May 14th, 2018, Shapeshifter Lab (Brooklyn, NY), May 22nd, 2018, Cornelia Street Cafe (NY, NY), August 19th, 2018, Cornelia Street Cafe, November 21st, 2018, Jesse Lee United Methodist Church (Easton, CT), January 6th, 2019, Brooklyn College, February 27th, 2019, City Winery NYC (NY, NY), May 28th, 2019, and premiered at Dixon Place (NY, NY), November 21st, 2019
- Tabula Rasa: a jazz opera in two acts (2018) – workshopped at Shapeshifter Lab, February 26th, 2018, Areté Venue and Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), April 15th, 2018, and premiered at The Blue Building, May 4th, 5th, 11th, and 12th, 2018
- Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (2017) – premiered at Montauk Club (Brooklyn, NY), December 1st, 2nd,and 3rd, 2017
- The Fall of the House of Usher: a chamber opera in four scenes (2016) – workshopped at the National Opera Center (NY, NY), June 30th, 2015, and premiered at Marlboro College (Marlboro, VT) , March 28th and 29th, 2016, performed at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music (NY, NY), April 15th and 16th, 2016
- Apollo and Hermes: an opera in two acts (2011) – performed (excerpts in piano score) at Symphony Space (NY, NY), March 31st, 2012
- The Ulster County Songbook (ten, bar, pf) (2020) – workshopped at Brooklyn College, May 16th, 2019, City Winery NYC, May 28th, 2019, Michiko Studios, November 2nd, 2019, Soapbox Gallery, December 8th, 2019, Jesse Lee United Methodist Church, January 5th, 2020, excerpts recorded at Carnegie Hall (NY, NY), October 6th, 2019, and scheduled to be premiered at Marlboro College, March 6th, 2020
- MISTER COFFEE (mezzo, pf) (2020) – premiered at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, January 17th, 2020
- Songs to Yuletide Season (mezzo, pf) (2019) – premiered at the Soapbox Gallery, December 8th, 2019
- Knock Off (sop, pf) (2019) – premiered at The PIT (NY, NY), November 23rd, 2019
- I, the Dead Sea (sop, pf) (2019) – premiered at Mirror in the Woods (Brooklyn, NY), November 22nd, 2019, and performed at Jersey City Theater Center (Jersey City, NJ), December 5th, 2019, Jesse Lee United Methodist Church, January 5th, 2020
- Bobbing for Apples (sop, pf) (2019) – premiered at Michiko Studios, November 2nd, 2019, and performed at the Soapbox Gallery, December 8th, 2019
- Songs at the Coppice Gate (sop, pf) (2019) – premiered at Mirror in the Woods, October 11th, 2019, and performed at Michiko Studios, November 2nd, 2019, Jesse Lee United Methodist Church, January 5th, 2020
- Yellow (sop or bar, pf) (2019) – premiered at Branded Saloon (Brooklyn, NY), June 22nd, 2019, and performed at the Soapbox Gallery, December 8th, 2019
- Songs of the Sea (bbar, pf) (2019) – premiered at City Winery NYC, May 28th, 2019, and performed at Michiko Studios, November 2nd, 2019
- Eclipse (mezzo, pf) (2019) – premiered at City Winery NYC, May 28th, 2019, and performed at Michiko Studios, November 2nd, 2019, Soapbox Gallery, December 8th, 2019
- Songs of a bygone time (bar, pf) (2018) – premiered at Christ & Holy Trinity Church (Westport, CT), August 14th, 2018, and performed in Cornelia Street Cafe, November 21st, 2018, Jesse Lee United Methodist Church, January 5th, 2020
- PHONIES! (sop, 2 ten, bar, pf) (2017) – premiered at the Cornelia Street Cafe, August 27th, 2017, performed at The Tank (NY, NY), November 14th, 2017
- Songs of the Soul Beams: a theatrical song cycle (sop, bar, pf, hp, 2 narr) (2017) – premiered at BAM! (Brooklyn, NY), Sunday, June 4th, 2017, and performed at (le) poisson rouge (NY, NY), January 9th, 2018
- Schilflieder (sop, pf) (2013) – premiered at Marlboro College, December 11th, 2013, and performed at Jesse Lee United Methodist Church, January 5th, 2014, Brooklyn College, November 21st, 2017, Soapbox Gallery, December 8th, 2019
- The Unsleeping Ones: a cantata (2019) – premiered in Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Brooklyn, NY), February 15th, 2019
- Bagatelles (fl) (2017) – premiered at Brooklyn College, December 12th, 2017
- Toccata and Fugue on a theme of Mozart (pf) (2013) – premiered at Marlboro College, May 10th, 2013, performed at Barnes Hall at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), January 31st, 2014, Lorimer Chapel in Colby College (Waterville, ME), July 26th, 2015, Jesse Lee United Methodist Church, January 8th, 2017, Shapeshifter Lab, February 26th, 2018, Michiko Studios, November 2nd, 2019, Soapbox Gallery, December 8th, 2019
- String Quartet no. 2 (2018) – premiered at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral, November 2nd, 2018
- String Quartet no. 1 “Mosaic of Myself: A Walt Whitman Experience” featuring bar (2016) – premiered at The Church of the Intercession (NY, NY), December 10th, 2016
- Variations on a Dirge (fl, gtr) (2016) – premiered at highSCORE festival (Pavia, Italy), August 10th, 2016
- A Pastoral Joke (vln, hp) (2015) – recorded at the Atlantic Music Festival (Waterville, ME), August 1st, 2015
- Fantasy Piece (vln, vc, fl, cl, perc) (2015) – recorded at the Atlantic Music Festival, July 15th, 2015
- Pastiche after J. S. Bach (2, 1+cor ang, 1+bass, 2 – 2, 1, 2, 0 – timp, str) (2015) – read and recorded by the Atlantic Music Festival Orchestra, July 15th, 2015
- Music for ‘Happy End’ by Kurt Weill (tpt, hn, alt sax, per, bjo, pf, v, ch) (2014) – performed at Marlboro College, November 21st and 22nd, 2014
Select Performances (Recitals, Chamber Music & Orchestral Performances)
- The Vocal Music of Felix Jarrar (Master’s Composition Recital) (City Winery NYC) – May 28th, 2019
- Senior Undergraduate Lecture-Recital at Marlboro College – April 29th, 2016
- Recital with pianist John Stetch at Barnes Hall in Cornell University – January 31st, 2014
- Ensemble Pianist for Windham Symphony's performances of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms (Brattleboro, VT and Bellows Falls, VT) – January 25th and 27th, 2013
- Mannes School of Music (September 2019 - present) – staff collaborative pianist
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Englewood, NJ (June - August 2019) – interim summer music director
- Whitney George’s The Curiosity Cabinet (January 2019 - present) – pianist
- Ecce Shnak (March - December 2018) – musical director of the chamber choir for art rock band
- Petra (August 2016 - present) – keyboardist for tours in Japan, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia
