| Ph.D. in Musicology University of California, Santa Barbara Dissertation Title: English Reception of Felix Mendelssohn as Told Through British Music Histories |
2016 |
| M.A. in Musicology University of California, Santa Barbara |
2012 |
| M.M. in Viola Performance University of California, Santa Barbara |
2009 |
| B.M. in Viola Performance Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois |
2005 |
"Felix Mendelssohn: Violist"
Journal of the American Viola Society – Fall 2011, Vol. 27 Issue 2
"Ritter's Viola Alta: The Viola's Nineteenth-Century Identity Crisis"
Journal of the American Viola Society – Fall 2005, Vol. 21 Issue 2
"When #Times Up for Musical Gods: The James Levine Scandal"
Music and Musicology in the Age of Post-Truth September 2018 at University College Dublin
"The Morals of Musical Men: From Victorian Propriety to Era of #MeToo"
Visiting Scholar Lecture January 2018 at Utah State University, Logan, Utah
"'It sounds like Mendelssohn, it must be Sterndale Bennett': Acknowledging German Influence in English Historiography"
North American British Music Studies Association Conference August 2016 at the Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
American Musicological Society Annual Meeting November 2015 in Louisville, Kentucky
North American Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music July 2015 at Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts
"Presentations of Felix Mendelssohn in George Grove's Dictionary as Reflections of the English Musical Renaissance"
American Musicological Society Annual Meeting November 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
North American Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music July 2013 at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
Ninth Biennial Conference on Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain June 2013 at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
"Conflicting Presentations of Felix Mendelssohn in British Music Histories"
North American Victorian Studies Association Conference October 2013 at the University of Southern California, Pasadena, California
Midwest Conference on British Studies October 2013 at DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
"Foreign Admirer or Alien Influence? Felix Mendelssohn in British Music Histories of the Mid-to-Late Nineteenth Century"
American Musicological Society Pacific Southwest Chapter Meeting October 2012 at Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
North American British Music Studies Association Conference July 2012 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
| Visiting Scholar at Utah State University, Logan, Utah | 2018 |
| Stanley Krebs Memorial Prize in Musicology | 2008-09 |
| Roger Chapman Memorial Prize in Music Theory | 2008-09 |
| David Dalton Viola Research Competition Winner | 2005 |
| Musicology Blogger
Not Another Music History Cliché! |
2016-Present |
| Contributing Writer
Wrote essays for online pubications including Musicology Now! and The Avid Listener |
2016-Present |
| Pre-concert Lecturer Delivered informational, interactive pre-concert talks. |
2010-Present |
| Program Notes Writer
Supplied informational annotations for concert programs. |
2009-Present |
| Teaching Assistant University of California, Santa Barbara |
2006-2013 |
| Graduate Instructor – Writing 2: Academic Writing (3 quarters) University of California, Santa Barbara |
2010-2011 |
| Student Supervisor, UCSB Music Library | 2012-2013 |
| Student Representative American Musicological Society, Pacific Southwest Chapter |
2012 |
| Organizing Committees, Graduate Conferences | 2009-2012 |
American Musicological Society
North American British Music Studies Association